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Originally Posted by dino7c
People vote party lines...heck they elected a republican who ironically just died of covid
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This is not as stupid as it sounds. The Republican candidate died after the deadline to replace him on the ballot. So if you want a Republican in that seat, you vote for him anyway and then vote for the new GOP candidate in the special election. If the Democrat wins, then there's no special election. If I were a voter in that district and the roles were reversed, I'd vote for the dead Democrat over the living Republican just so I have the opportunity of electing a Democrat in the special election. It sounds dumb, but it's perfectly sensible.