>>Actually, we did elect a deceased person this election...I'm pretty sure its' a first :-)
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>I'm pretty sure it's _not_ the first time, though I can't cite specifics off the top of my head. This kind of thing (a candidate dying during the campaign) has happened before.
First time in the Senate. It's occurred at various lower levels, according to news reports.
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.