# Texas Republicans campain for dead candidate **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-republicans-campain-for-dead-candidate/379307 "2006-11-06T16:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-republicans-campain-for-dead-candidate/379307/1 "2006-11-06T16:30:53Z")
[Texas Republicans campain for dead candidate](http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/061103/K110302U.html) As I’ve said elsewhere, you guys have so much more interesting elections than we do! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-republicans-campain-for-dead-candidate/379307/2 "2006-11-06T16:47:19Z")
Not only do the dead sometimes run for office here, sometimes they [win](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Carnahan). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-republicans-campain-for-dead-candidate/379307/3 "2006-11-06T16:54:11Z")
I’ve voted for a dead candidate. In our case, it was for Town Supervisor; the guy in office had done a very good job over the years, but had a fatal heart attack a week or so before the election (just before a televised debate was about to begin; his opponent gave him CPR). But the guy he was running against was woefully unqualified for the post, and it was much too late to change the ballot, so he was elected. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-republicans-campain-for-dead-candidate/379307/4 "2006-11-06T18:19:41Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] I’ve voted for a dead candidate. In our case, it was for Town Supervisor; the guy in office had done a very good job over the years, but had a fatal heart attack a week or so before the election (just before a televised debate was about to begin; his opponent gave him CPR). But the guy he was running against was woefully unqualified for the post, and it was much too late to change the ballot, so he was elected. [/QUOTE] He who was elected, the dead guy or the incompetent one? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-republicans-campain-for-dead-candidate/379307/5 "2006-11-06T19:45:52Z")
As I understand, the dead are a huge portion of the Texas voting demographic. That probably explains things. ---
**Author:** ![cblackhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@cblackhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cblackhand)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-republicans-campain-for-dead-candidate/379307/6 "2006-11-06T20:31:00Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] As I understand, the dead are a huge portion of the Texas voting demographic. That probably explains things. [/QUOTE] I thought that was Florida not Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-republicans-campain-for-dead-candidate/379307/7 "2006-11-06T20:51:15Z")
It could be worse. You could be voting for the _un_dead…