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Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan--who died in a plane crash Oct. 16--in his race against Republican opponent...
...Then a few days after the crash, the new governor, Democrat Roger Wilson, suggested a somewhat touchy plan: Why not ask Jean Carnahan, widow of the late governor, to take her husband's place if he should win the election? Mrs. Carnahan initially demurred, and withdrew from public sight to mourn with her family and friends...
...weeks ago, Missouri's freshman senator, John Ashcroft, running neck-and-neck against the state's Democratic governor, Mel Carnahan, appeared to have been handed the race when Carnahan was killed in an air crash. Ashcroft said and did all the right things in the face of the tragedy, suspending his campaign and paying tribute to his opponent...
...House minority leader Richard Gephardt, doesn't want the job. Attorney General Jay Nixon and former Senator Thomas Eagleton probably can't beat Ashcroft. The only Democrat with a shot at doing that would be Carnahan's widow Jean. But since she also lost a son, Roger, in the crash (an aide to the Governor, Chris Sifford, also died), friends say it will be hard for her to muster the strength. William Clay Jr., a leading state Democrat, advises his party to "tailor a message in memory of Mel: 'Come out; he would have wanted you to vote.'" For Missourians...
DIED. MEL CARNAHAN, 66, Missouri Governor and Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate; in a plane crash; near St. Louis, Mo. Elected Governor in 1992, he famously stood by tough decisions despite political aftershocks--such as honoring Pope John Paul II's request that he stay the execution of a murderer. Carnahan's son Randy, 44, who piloted the plane, and a top aide, Chris Sifford, 37, were also killed in the accident...