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Wednesday, November 8, 2006

Electing the Dead

posted by on November 8 at 15:17 PM

You know it’s a bad year for Republicans when an incumbent loses an election to a corpse:

PIERRE, S.D. - A woman who died two months ago won a county commissioner’s race in Jerauld County on Tuesday.

Democrat Marie Steichen, of Woonsocket, got 100 votes, defeating incumbent Republican Merlin Feistner, of Woonsocket, who had 64 votes.

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In 2000, John Ashcroft lost to Mel Carnahan's corpse.

Posted by Gitai | November 8, 2006 4:13 PM

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