Re: What the Fark???
Okay, I've heard stories about dead people voting. But a dead person getting elected to public office???
Okay, I've heard stories about dead people voting. But a dead person getting elected to public office???
In possibly the biggest upset victory of the midterm elections on Tuesday, voters in suburban Seattle opted to keep a recently-deceased man in the state legislature.
Incumbent state Rep. Roger Freeman died shortly before Election Day, at the end of October, at the age of 48.
Freeman’s win is certainly not the first time a deceased candidate has achieved victory in a race for public office. Possibly the most famous instance occurred in 2000, when Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan, running for US Senate, died in a plane crash months before the election. Voters still chose Carnahan.
Incumbent state Rep. Roger Freeman died shortly before Election Day, at the end of October, at the age of 48.
Freeman’s win is certainly not the first time a deceased candidate has achieved victory in a race for public office. Possibly the most famous instance occurred in 2000, when Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan, running for US Senate, died in a plane crash months before the election. Voters still chose Carnahan.
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