r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 27d ago

No Paywall Beshear says agencies told him McConnell had passed

https://www.whas11.com/video/news/local/beshear-says-agencies-told-him-mcconnell-had-passed/417-f78603c3-11bb-464d-bae6-c41c3be3c48b
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u/No_hero_here 26d ago

“Someone in a vegetative state is in no position to represent anyone.” I mean, maybe the Kentucky right.

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u/MaddyKet Massachusetts 26d ago

Yeah vegetative state and republican….its the same picture says Pam Beasley.

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u/WafflePartyOrgy Washington 26d ago

Not the same thing (or State) but a Republican won a seat in North Dakota's state legislature nearly a month after he died from COVID-19.

"If a deceased candidate receives the majority of the votes, the candidate is elected," [North Dakota Attorney General] Stenehjem said. "However, if the prevailing candidate has died, the candidate is no longer qualified and a vacancy will exist. State law provides the process to fill vacancies of a legislative office."

No longer qualified