Re-Elected from the Grave
Voters in the Missouri town of Winfield have re-elected their popular mayor for a fourth term, several weeks after he dropped dead of a heart attack.
Mayor Harry Stonebraker died at the age of 69 in March, shortly after the ballot papers were printed and distributed to absentee voters.
Despite his untimely death he managed to secure an overwhelming 90% of the vote.
Lincoln County Clerk Elaine Luck likened the outcome to Missouri's US Senate race in 2000, which was won by Democrat Mel Carnahan who had died in a plane crash weeks earlier.
"I figured he'd win because he seemed to get even more popular after he died, just like Carnahan," she was quoted by the Associated Press as saying.
The runner up will now serve as mayor until a special election next year.
Mayor Harry Stonebraker died at the age of 69 in March, shortly after the ballot papers were printed and distributed to absentee voters.
Despite his untimely death he managed to secure an overwhelming 90% of the vote.
Lincoln County Clerk Elaine Luck likened the outcome to Missouri's US Senate race in 2000, which was won by Democrat Mel Carnahan who had died in a plane crash weeks earlier.
"I figured he'd win because he seemed to get even more popular after he died, just like Carnahan," she was quoted by the Associated Press as saying.
The runner up will now serve as mayor until a special election next year.
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