in 2000, Dem Mel Carnahan died in a plane crash. At the time, he was running for Senate against incumbent John Ashcroft & Carnahan still beat Ashcroft

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there's your origins of Dem voter fraud my friends. still happens to this day.

His wife Jean temporarily filled the seat, but lost in 2002 to Jim Talent. Ashcroft later famously became Bush's AG

Dead man walking: new senator elected from the grave

As the still-running presidential contest continues to draw the most attention, Derek Brown looks at a Senate sideshow playing out in the state of Missouri.

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