Dennis Hof, who died last month, has been elected as a state congressman in the western state of Nevada.
Rabat – Despite a sign reading “Notice of Death of Candidate,” voters still elected Hof, the 72-year-old brothel-owner running as a Republican.
Here’s the polling notice in Pahrump today informing voters that GOP Assembly candidate Dennis Hof is deceased but still appears on the ballot. If Hof wins, county commissions from the 3 counties that the district covers will appoint a replacement from the same party #nvleg pic.twitter.com/p8mjPBIwzz
— Riley Snyder (@RileySnyder) 6 novembre 2018
Hof, who died on October 16, defeated Democrat Lesia Romanov with 63 percent of the vote on Tuesday. Hof had already won the Republican primary for Nevada’s 36th Assembly District four months before his death. The district includes rural communities and large desert areas.
By Hof’s death, his name had already been sent to the midterm election ballots, and it was too late to change them. Hof’s slogan, inspired by President Trump’s famous quote, was “Make Nevada, Nevada Again.”
Voters reportedly knew that the county officials would appoint another Republican to take Hof’s place.
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