Posthumous Campaign Slogan
Mel Carnahan died in a plane crash weeks before the election. There was not time for the Democratic Party to replace him on the ballot. The goal of the Democratic Party was to get Mel Carnahan elected to the Senate, to give Roger Wilson, who temporarily succeed Carnahan as Missouri Governor, a chance to appoint a replacement candidate into office. Carnahan's widow, Jean Carnahan, was the favorite by many to succeed her husband. Wilson appointed Mrs. Carnahan to the Senate, where she joined the three other new women Senators from the 2000 election. Carnahan served until was voted out of office in 2002 in favor of Republican challenger Jim Talent.
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