Hello IB!
05 Jun 24 07:24, you wrote to all:
Head line...
New Jersey Democrats Elect Dead Congressman Donald Payne Jr. in
Primary
Focus people!!!! He dies back in April... and NJ voted him in to represent them in the primary.
Well, Never-mind, they also voted for Biden during the same primary.
Dead people are elected far more often than you think.
Missouri elected Mel Carnahan to the senate in 2000. 38 days after he died in a plane crash
Patsy Mink was re-elected to the US House by Hawaii in 2002, after she died a few weeks prior from pneumonia.
In 1972 Nick Begich (Alaska) and Hale Boggs (Louisiana) died in a plane crash while campaigning. they were both re-elected 3 weeks later. (Although at the time, neither man had been declared "dead" just "missing")
There are plenty of examples of town mayors and state representatives that have been elected after they died, as well.
Mike
... So, Grace...I like a woman who does dirty work. - Der Fladermous, Tick
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