Democrat Jenny Oropeza won re-election as a state senator in California, but she is dead winning by a decent margin – 58 percent to 36 percent over Republican John Stammreich. Oropeza, 53, died two weeks before the election from a blood clot after battling cancer. Democrats continued to ask voters to check Oropeza's name on the ballot after her death through mailers. Some Republicans filed a complaint that the mailer was an attempt to "illegally influence" voters. "The Republicans are trying to take unfair advantage of Jenny’s tragedy," said the mailer without mentioning Oropeza's death. Democrats likely hoped that at least they would get the chance to nominate a new Democratic candidate. And that's likely what will happen.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/03/deceased-candidate-wins-state-senate-seat-in-california/
That's a little crazy. In someways what they are did isn't necessarily right because they are in some ways still urging the people to vote for her even though she did pass away. On the other hand though it's sad that she passed away and people technically still have the choice to vote for her because she was a canidate in the election so, even though she passed away that doesn't necessarily withdraw her from the elections.
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