How bad do you have to be to lose an election to a dead person? John Ashcroft lost his US Senate seat to the late Mel Carnahan in 2000, and now Katherine Dunton has been re-elected to the Aleutian Region School District board, 28 days after dying of cancer. Dunton ended up retaining her seat on a coin toss, after her opponent called incorrectly. This was in accordance with State law, as both candidates ended up with 19 votes, although I wonder what would have happened if the law said the incumbent had to call the toss.
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