A dead woman gained enough votes to advance to a runoff for the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate leaving political experts puzzled and her party wondering what to do if she wins Jacquelyn Morrow Lewis Ledgerwood died of a heart attack at age 69 on July 15 too close to the election to have her name taken off the ballot She received 21 percent of the vote Tuesday in a field of four finishing second behind an air conditioner contractor who got 46 percent

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