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= List of politicians who died before taking office =

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This list includes politicians who died prior to being (re)elected, or who passed away following the election but before they were able to take their seat in national, federal or statewide assemblies, parliaments, or other forms of legislatures.

== Died before election ==
{{see also|Category:Politicians elected posthumously}}
=== United States ===
==== 2022 elections ====
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| {{flag|Colorado}} || [[2022_Colorado_House_of_Representatives_election#District_51|Colorado House of Representatives]],<br/> District 51 || [[Hugh McKean]] (R) || Died on October 30, 2022, prior to reelection; first elected in 2016 elections. Only candidate in election; won/re-elected by default. State minority leader in legislature from 2021. A vacancy committee made up of Republicans in District 51 will select his replacement. || <ref>{{cite web |title=Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2022 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2022 |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hugh McKean |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Hugh_McKean |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Paul |first1=Jesse |last2=Fish |first2=Sandra |title=Hugh McKean, top Republican in Colorado House, dies of heart attack at 55 |url=https://coloradosun.com/2022/10/30/hugh-mckean-colorado-house-republicans-deat/ |website=The Colorado Sun |access-date=20 November 2022 |date=30 October 2022}}</ref>
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| {{flag|Pennsylvania}} || [[2022_Pennsylvania House_of_Representatives_election#District_breakdown|Pennsylvania House of Representatives]],<br/> [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 32|District 32]] || [[Tony DeLuca (politician)|Tony DeLuca]] (D) || Died October 9, 2022. Re-elected. Special election date TBC. || <ref>{{cite web |last1=Stephens |first1=Daisy |title=Dead American politician wins election in stunning landslide |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/us-politician-reelected-despite-death/ |website=LBC |access-date=20 November 2022 |date=11 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="DeLucaGuardian">{{cite web |last1=Ho |first1=Vivian |title=Democrat re-elected by a landslide in Pennsylvania – even though he’s dead |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/09/pennsylvania-dead-democrat-tony-deluca-victory |website=The Guardian |access-date=20 November 2022 |date=9 November 2022}}</ref>
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*[https://www.newsweek.com/list-dead-people-who-won-2022-midterm-elections-1758448 Full List of Dead People Who Won Their Elections on Tuesday - Newsweek - NICK REYNOLDS, 9/11/22 (accessed 21/11/22)]

==== 2020 elections ====
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|{{flag|North Dakota}} || [[2020 North Dakota House of Representatives election]] || David Dean Andhal (R) || ||<ref>{{cite web |last1=Seeyle |first1=Katherine Q. |title=A North Dakotan died of Covid-19 and was elected posthumously to the state legislature. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/a-north-dakotan-died-of-covid-19-and-was-elected-posthumously-to-the-state-legislature.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=20 November 2022 |date=17 November 2020}}</ref>
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==== 2018 elections ====
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| {{flag|Nevada}} || 36th State Assembly district || [[Dennis Hof]] (R) || Under state law, county officials appointed [[Gregory Hafen II]] to take Hof's place for the entire term. || <ref name="DeLucaGuardian"/><ref name="CNBC2018">{{cite web |last1=Bukszpan |first1=Daniel |title=Death becomes them: Here are some politicians who scored posthumous election victories |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/09/how-dennis-hof-and-others-still-won-elections-after-death.html |website=CNBC |access-date=20 November 2022 |date=10 November 2018}}</ref>
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==== 2016 elections ====
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| {{flag|New York}} || New York State Assembly,<br/> 133rd District || [[Bill Nojay|William Nojay]] (R) || Won Republican primary after death. Was replaced by [[Joseph Errigo]] before general election, who won. ||<ref name="DemChr">{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Justin |title=Nojay not the first to win election posthumously |url=https://eu.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/09/14/nojay-carnahan-begich-boggs-mink/90335098/ |website=Democrat & Chronicle |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/09/13/us/ap-us-election-new-york-dead-man-wins.html|title=NY GOP Lawmaker Wins Primary Days After Killing Himself|date=September 14, 2016|newspaper=New York Times|accessdate=19 September 2016|agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/11/08/new-york-state-assembly-133rd-district-134th-district-135th-district-136th-district-137th-district-138th-district-139th-district/93421248/|title=Errigo, Bronson, Johns Win in Assembly|last1=Murphy|first1=Justin|website=democratandchronicle.com|publisher=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|accessdate=10 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/09/14/us/ap-us-election-new-york-dead-man-wins.html|title=GOP Chairmen Pick Replacement for Dead Primary Winner|date=September 14, 2016|newspaper=New York Times|accessdate=19 September 2016|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
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| {{flag|Kansas}} || Kansas City Council || Dutch Newman || Re-elected a week after dying at the age of 95. || <ref name="DemChr"/>
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==== 2014 elections ====
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==== 2012 elections ====
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| {{flag|Alabama}} || Bibb County Commissioner || Charles Beasley (R) || "Beasley, 77, died on October 12, possibly due to an aneurysm, while trying to reclaim his old seat on the Bibb County Commission in central Alabama. Beasley’s name also remained on the ballot and he won about 52 percent of the vote," beating Democratic incumbent Commissioner Walter Sansing. "[T]he governor will appoint a new commissioner with input from local Republicans." || <ref name="Reuters2012">{{cite web |last1=Liston |first1=Barbara |last2=Gates |first2=Verna |title=Dead candidates win elections in Florida, Alabama |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-campaign-dead-idUSBRE8A62AK20121108 |website=Reuters |access-date=21 November 2022 |date=8 November 2012}}</ref>
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| {{flag|Florida}} || Orange County Tax Collector || Earl K. Wood (D) || "Wood died on October 15 from natural causes at age 96, during his campaign for a 12th term as Orange County Tax Collector in Orlando, Florida. Criticized for rarely coming into the office while collecting a $150,000 salary and $90,000 pension, Wood initially announced he would step down, only to change his mind when a longtime political foe made plans to seek the seat. Wood’s wide name recognition after almost half a century in office scared off several serious contenders. His name remained on the ballot and he took 56 percent of the votes to 44 percent for a Republican who promised to eliminate the office altogether if elected... Scott Randolph, an outgoing Democratic state legislator and state party activist, was selected by his party to receive votes cast for Wood and he will assume the office." || <ref name="Reuters2012"/>
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| {{flag|Texas}} || [[2012 Texas State Senate election]],<br/>[[Texas Senate, District 6|District 6]] || [[Mario Gallegos Jr.|Mario Gallegos]] (D) || Died from liver disease on October 16, 2012. ||<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bump |first1=Philip |title=Five people have won election to Congress, despite being dead |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/10/01/five-people-have-won-election-to-congress-despite-being-dead/ |website=The Washington Post |access-date=20 November 2022 |date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Mark P. |title=THE SENATE DISTRICT 6 SPECIAL ELECTION: SIX TAKEAWAYS |url=https://blog.bakerinstitute.org/2013/01/02/the-senate-district-6-special-election-six-takeaways/ |website=Baker Institute Blog |access-date=21 November 2022 |date=2 January 2013}}</ref>
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==== 2010 elections ====
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| {{Flag|Tennessee}} || 2010 election for mayor of Tracy City, Tennessee || Carl Robin Geary, Sr. || ||<ref name="CNBC2018"/>
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| {{Flag|California}} || 2010 election for California State Senate || [[Jenny Oropeza]] (D) || First elected in 2006, died from liver cancer on October 20, 2010, "too close to Election Day to have her name removed from the ballot." "According to the Los Angeles Times, California Democrats sent out mailers to voters that alluded to her illness, but stopped short of saying she had died. She won with 58 percent of the vote."||<ref name="CNBC2018"/>
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==== 2008 elections ====
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| {{Flag|Pennsylvania}} || [[2008 Pennsylvania Senate election]] || [[James J. Rhoades]] (R) || First elected to the state senate in 1980. Running for eighth term when injured in a car accident on Oct. 17, 2008, before dying the next day. Re-elected with 62.9% of the vote. [[Dave Argall]] elected in special election on March 3, 2009 to fill vacancy.||<ref name="CNBC2018"/>
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==== 2002 elections ====
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| {{Flag|Hawaii}} || [[2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii|2002 US House Hawaii 1st congressional district]] || [[Patsy Mink]] || Died week after Democratic primary, which she won. Re-elected in November. Replaced by [[Ed Case]] in [[2002–2003_Hawaii%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_elections#Election_to_the_107th_Congress_(November_30,_2002)|special election]], in which Mink's husband stood and came second.||<ref name="CNBC2018"/>
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==== 2000 elections ====
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| {{Flag|Missouri}} || [[2000 US Senate election in Missouri]] || [[Mel Carnahan]] (D) || Elected as governor in 1993, unable to run again due to term limits. Died October 18, 2000. As "Missouri election law would not allow his name to be taken off the ballot, so his wife, Jean, was selected by the campaign to serve in his stead in the event that he won." Carnahan won the election; Jean Carnahan stood as Democratic candidate in [[2002 United States Senate special election in Missouri|2002 special election]], and lost.||<ref name="CNBC2018"/>
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==== Off-year elections ====
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| {{flag|Missouri}} || April 2009 - mayor of Winfield, Missouri || Harry Stonebraker || Suffered a fatal heart attack weeks before the election. Won with 90% of the vote.|| <ref name="CNBC2018"/>
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==== 20th century ====
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| {{flag|New York}} || [[1972 United States House of Representatives elections in New York|US House]], New York District 20|| William F. Ryan (D) || Won primary election, beating incumbent [[Bella Abzug]], who fought District 20 after her previous was eliminated in redistricting. Died before election, and Abzug defeated Ryan's widow at the local party convention to replace him on the ballot. Abzug won (re)election. || <ref name="StatisticsBook"/>
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| {{Flag|Alaska}} || [[1972 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska|1972 US House Alaska at-large]] || [[Nick Begich]] (D) || Disappeared alongside then-House Majority Leader [[Hale Boggs]]. Won election posthumously. Republican candidate, [[Don Young]], in initial election won [[1973 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election|special election in 1973]]. Young died in office in 2021; one of the Republican candidates in [[2022 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election|special election]] to succeed him included Begich's grandson Nick Begich III. || 
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| {{flag|California}} || [[1962 United States House of Representatives elections in California|1962 US House - California District 5]] || [[Clement Miller]] (D) || Died in plane crash October 7, 1962. || <ref name="CNBC2018"/>
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| {{Flag|Louisiana}} || [[1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana|US House]], Louisiana 8th district || Earl K. Long (D) || Won primary election, beating incumbent [[Harold B. McSween]] in the primary; McSween was appointed to replace Long after his death by the Eighth District Democratic Committee. McSween won (re)election. || <ref name="StatisticsBook">{{cite book |last1=Bernstein |first1=Jeffrey L. |last2=Shannon |first2=Amanda |title=Vital Statistics on American Politics: 2017-2020 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-ZRREAAAQBAJ&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=politicians+elected+posthumously&source=bl&ots=2ZZ2b5oRXO&sig=ACfU3U1Gx0E4rMo0fHdjpgQDG78VrRACTw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3z92ghr77AhWohf0HHe_ZDNk4KBDoAXoECBMQAw#v=onepage&q=politicians%20elected%20posthumously&f=false |access-date=21 November 2022 |page=47-48}}</ref>
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=== United Kingdom ===
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=== Romania ===
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| 2020 || Mayor of [[Deveselu]] || Ion Aliman (Social Democrat) || Died two weeks before election due to complications from COVID-19. Re-elected to third term as mayor, with 64% of the vote. "His name was already on the printed voting ballots and could not be removed, officials said."<br/>On 27 June 2021, partial local elections were held to fill up the mayor's seat; the winner was Nicolae Dobre (Social Democratic Party), cousin of Aliman, with the runner-up, Marius Aliman (National Liberal Party), Aliman's son.|| <ref name="CNNRomania">{{cite web |title=Romanian village re-elects dead mayor, saying he deserved to win |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/28/europe/romania-mayor-dead-elected-intl/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=21 November 2022 |date=28 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-27|title=UPDATE - Candidatul PSD a câștigat alegerile pentru Primăria Deveselu. Fiul fostului primar, candidat din partea PNL, s-a clasat pe locul al doilea|url=https://www.news.ro/politic-intern/update-candidatul-psd-a-castigat-alegerile-pentru-primaria-deveselu-fiul-fostului-primar-candidat-din-partea-pnl-s-a-clasat-pe-locul-al-doilea-1922404527002021062320263833|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-28|website=News.ro|language=ro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629053309/https://www.news.ro/politic-intern/update-candidatul-psd-a-castigat-alegerile-pentru-primaria-deveselu-fiul-fostului-primar-candidat-din-partea-pnl-s-a-clasat-pe-locul-al-doilea-1922404527002021062320263833 |archive-date=29 June 2021 }}</ref>
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== Died after election, or after voting began ==
{{see also|Category: Elected officials who died without taking their seats}}
=== United States ===
==== 2020 elections ====
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| {{Flag|Louisiana}} || US House [[Louisiana's 5th congressional district|5th congressional district]] || [[Luke Letlow]] (R) || Died from [[COVID-19]] five days before taking office. Wife [[Julia Letlow]] was elected in a [[2021 Louisiana's 5th congressional district special election|special election]] in March 2021 to fill the vacancy. ||
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=== United Kingdom ===
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| [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]] || MP for Monmouth || [[Leslie Pym]] (Conservative) || Voting took place on 5 July 1945. Pym died 12 days later, but nine days before the declaration of the result. He was declared posthumously elected on 26 July 1945, leading to a [[1945 Monmouth by-election|by-election]] in October that was won by Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative). || 
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=== Romania ===
*"In 2008, a village in eastern Romania ... knowingly re-elected their mayor who had died just after voting began."<ref name="CNNRomania"/>

== See also ==
*[[List of deaths of candidates during general elections of the United Kingdom]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/26281/4-dead-politicians-who-still-got-elected Mental Floss - Patrick, Colin (7 Nov 2018) - 5 Politicians Who Got Elected Despite Being Dead]