13News reporter Emily Longnecker breaks down how a dead candidate won a primary race in Indiana.
The Republican candidate, Jennifer Pace, who voters chose to run against Carson in November, received 31%.The Marion County Voter Registration Office says they got word in late April that they needed to take Pace off the voter registration rolls because she had passed away.
"I heard it from several people that were watching elections and some of the political analysts say, 'Hey, can you believe this woman's winning right now?' and it was pretty incredible in terms of circumstances," Wilson said, explaining it became even more incredible when the Associated Press declared Wednesday that Pace had won the Republican nomination.
A spokesperson with the Marion County Election Board says they never received any notice to take Pace off the ballot from the Indiana Secretary of State's Election Division. A spokesperson with the Indiana Secretary of State's Office says there's no state law requiring anyone to notify their office when events like this happen in a primary election.So what happens now?
Wilson said whoever they choose to replace Pace on the ballot will have a challenge ahead, trying to unseat Carson in heavily Democratic district.
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