The people really loved Mayor Harry Stonebraker. A month after his death, the small Missouri town of 1,500 re-elected him in a landslide:
Ballots had already been printed and absentee voting had already begun when Stonebraker died of a heart attack at age 69 on March 11. He won easily in Tuesday’s general election with 206 votes, or 90 percent. Alderman Bernie Panther got the other 23 votes.
Lincoln County Clerk Elaine Luck said she wasn’t surprised, noting Stonebraker was a popular mayor who helped lead the community of 1,500 through the devastating 2008 flood, when a levee breach caused by a burrowing muskrat left about 100 homes with damage.
“I figured he’d win because he seemed to get even more popular after he died, just like Carnahan,” Luck said.
Nine years ago, Mel Carhahan died in a plane accident, yet was elected Senator.
Cross posted to my Missouri blog: Missouri’s Conservative Voice
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