Dead Man Elected As US Mayor In Tracy City, Tennessee
Current mayor faced stiff opposition
"Carl Geary may have died a month ago from a heart attack, as he campaigned to be selected as Mayor, but that didn't stop him from winning the election.
With three times as many votes as his nearest rival, counting 285 over 85, Geary posthumously won the election in Tracy City, Tennessee.
His widow, Susan Geary thinks that the election 'was not a surprise at all to me.
'The day he passed away, people were calling with condolences and saying, 'We're still voting for him,' '
It seems that local business owners believe that Geary was elected as a form of protest to the town's current mayor, Barbara Brock.
"I knew he was deceased. I know that sounds stupid, but we wanted someone other than her," said Chris Rogers, owner of the town's Lunch Box restaurant.
"If he were to run again next week I'd vote for him again."
"Carl Geary may have died a month ago from a heart attack, as he campaigned to be selected as Mayor, but that didn't stop him from winning the election.
With three times as many votes as his nearest rival, counting 285 over 85, Geary posthumously won the election in Tracy City, Tennessee.
His widow, Susan Geary thinks that the election 'was not a surprise at all to me.
'The day he passed away, people were calling with condolences and saying, 'We're still voting for him,' '
It seems that local business owners believe that Geary was elected as a form of protest to the town's current mayor, Barbara Brock.
"I knew he was deceased. I know that sounds stupid, but we wanted someone other than her," said Chris Rogers, owner of the town's Lunch Box restaurant.
"If he were to run again next week I'd vote for him again."
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