Difference between revisions of "Mel Carnahan"
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'''Mel Carnahan''' was posthumously reported in the ''[[New York Times]]'' as having had a "reputation for being clean and on the level."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/18/us/mel-carnahan-66-missouri-governor-and-democratic-senate-candidate.html</ref> | '''Mel Carnahan''' was posthumously reported in the ''[[New York Times]]'' as having had a "reputation for being clean and on the level."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/18/us/mel-carnahan-66-missouri-governor-and-democratic-senate-candidate.html</ref> | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
| + | In 2000, Carnahan ran in the election against Incumbent Republican Senator [[John Ashcroft]] for United States Senator. | ||
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Carnahan was killed in a small [[plane crash]].<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/elections/carnahan101700.htm</ref> | Carnahan was killed in a small [[plane crash]].<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/elections/carnahan101700.htm</ref> | ||
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| + | Despite his death, Carnahan won by a margin of approximately fifty thousand votes. He was the first person ever posthumously elected to the United States Senate. | ||
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| Died | October 2000 (Age 66) | |||||||||||
Cause of death | plane crash | |||||||||||
| Nationality | US | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | George Washington University, University of Missouri (JD) | |||||||||||
| Victim of | premature death | |||||||||||
| Party | Democrat | |||||||||||
A US politician who died in a small plane crash in 2000.
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Mel Carnahan was posthumously reported in the New York Times as having had a "reputation for being clean and on the level."[1]
Death
In 2000, Carnahan ran in the election against Incumbent Republican Senator John Ashcroft for United States Senator.
Carnahan was killed in a small plane crash.[2]
Despite his death, Carnahan won by a margin of approximately fifty thousand votes. He was the first person ever posthumously elected to the United States Senate.
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