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...more slimy candidate jumps into the fray. In the race for county commissioner in Lawrence, Kans., Agnes T. Frog, a frog, won 27.4% of the votes in a valiant effort to unseat In- cumbent Nancy Hiebert. Agnes was a write-in candidate sponsored by opponents of a proposed highway that, they contend, would threaten the habitat of the northern crawfish frog. Despite the loss, Agnes' spokesman, John Simmons, a herpetologist (one who studies amphibians), was practically jumping up and down at her showing: "Agnes leapt into the contest with all four feet. The frognosis was good when we took...
...Alabama, the chaotic three-way race for governor calmed a bit with Attorney General Charlie Graddick's decision to give up his faltering write-in campaign, leaving the field to fellow Democrat Bill Baxley and Republican Guy Hunt...
...predecessors. Hyatt left the gubernatorial race after allegations emerged of fraud on his election papers and bizarre personal conduct. Switzler bowed out soon after, when he was found to have falsified his Vietnam War record. Both appeared on the ballot in the primary, while Kariotis waged an unsuccessful write-in campaign, gaining the nomination by default...
...Nebraska voters gender an issue. When Baptist Pastor Everett Sileven jumped into the Republican primary and argued that female leadership "is a sure sign of God's curse," he finished a weak fourth, with only 2.1% of the vote. For a time Republican State Senator John DeCamp threatened a write-in candidacy to provide a male alternative to what he calls a "prom-queen contest," but he soon dropped the idea. In an August survey of 449 registered Nebraska voters, a few feared that Boosalis, 67, is too old for the job, and some believed that Orr, 47, is inexperienced...
While unusual, such write-in candidacies are not prohibited and have occured in the past. When the candidates publicly called for Harvard's divestment of South Africa-related stock, however, a University administrator sent alums a long, preachy letter about the mission of the largely ceremonial board. It not-so-subtly maligned the pro-divestment candidates...