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What the Fark???

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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.
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From what I've seen around here, a dead person in office is often a much better choice than many of the people that end up in office.
 
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Given that folks often robotically vote for the familiar name and that for many positions elected office is a lifetime gig, it's surprising it doesn't happen more often.
 
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CLS said:
Given that folks often robotically vote for the familiar name and that for many positions elected office is a lifetime gig, it's surprising it doesn't happen more often.
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Ike vs. JFK in 2016? Or would it have to be Reagan?
 
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Ike vs. JFK in 2016? Or would it have to be Reagan?
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If we want to have an election among the best from each major party, wouldn't it be George Washington (Federalist) vs James K Polk (Democrat) vs Jefferson (Democratic Republican) vs Eisenhower (Republican)? I omit the Whigs because all 4 were pretty non-descript and two of them died before completing their first term while the successor only finished out said term (WH Harrison/Tyler, Taylor/Fillmore).

Hmm... if we expand the field to 8 then we can have a playoff bracket.

Do we have a play-in for each party first? Eisenhower or Reagan or Teddy Roosevelt or Lincoln for Republicans? Polk or FDR or Clinton for Democrats?


PS technically Washington was not affiliated with any party, but I lump him in with Federalists because otherwise I am "stuck" with John Adams.



PPS even though Chester Arthur (Republican) only became President after Garfield's assassination, I have a soft spot for him. He was "supposed to" reward all the party loyalists with cushy patronage jobs, and instead he signed the Civil Service Act. He was one person who grew in stature thanks to the responsibilities of the office, IMHO. of course no good deed goes unpunished. He is one of the few incumbents who couldn't even get his party to nominate him as candidate for re-election, thanks to his stand on principle.
 
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If we want to have an election among the best from each major party, wouldn't it be George Washington (Federalist) vs James K Polk (Democrat) vs Jefferson (Democratic Republican) vs Eisenhower (Republican)? I omit the Whigs because all 4 were pretty non-descript and two of them died before completing their first term while the successor only finished out said term (WH Harrison/Tyler, Taylor/Fillmore).

Hmm... if we expand the field to 8 then we can have a playoff bracket.

Do we have a play-in for each party first? Eisenhower or Reagan or Teddy Roosevelt or Lincoln for Republicans? Polk or FDR or Clinton for Democrats?


PS technically Washington was not affiliated with any party, but I lump him in with Federalists because otherwise I am "stuck" with John Adams.



PPS even though Chester Arthur (Republican) only became President after Garfield's assassination, I have a soft spot for him. He was "supposed to" reward all the party loyalists with cushy patronage jobs, and instead he signed the Civil Service Act. He was one person who grew in stature thanks to the responsibilities of the office, IMHO. of course no good deed goes unpunished. He is one of the few incumbents who couldn't even get his party to nominate him as candidate for re-election, thanks to his stand on principle.
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I think you need one for the 1800's and the 1900's.

4 brackets of 4.
 
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In Creative Writing, they teach that sometimes little details are the key to a scene's impact.

See if you can find that here.
 
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