Nationally, the deceased Mel Carnahan's victory over John Ashcroft last November was overshadowed by the bizarre Gore-Bush nonelection. But even though he was no longer running for the U.S. Senate, Carnahan beat Ashcroft by nearly 49,000 votes, laying to rest dismissive rhetoric about sympathy votes. Carnahan won on his record as an effective (if bland) governor of Missouri; that people already knew their votes were going to his dignified wife didn't hurt.
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