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RBH
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« on: February 15, 2007, 07:04:17 PM »
Jacquelyn Morrow Lewis Ledgerwood ran for the Senate in Oklahoma in 1998. She died before the first primary, where she got 21% and finished second. Good enough to make the runoff.

But the first place candidate did win every county while getting 46%



But since Ledgerwood was dead, she didn't make much progress in the runoff and she lost 75/25.



So, in conclusion, it's hard to win a runoff election if you have to make up lots of ground, and if you are dead.

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RBH
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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2007, 06:50:47 PM »
Quote from: General MAS117 on February 16, 2007, 06:37:11 PM
Didn't John Ashcroft lose to a dead guy in the general election?

Actually, while Mel Carnahan was deceased, his record as Governor made him a better candidate than John Ashcroft.

As the buttons said after his death, "I'm still with Mel"
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