Mel Carnahan

Yeah

... uh, Mel Carnahan and his son Randy, and staffer Chris Sifford-

Oh, yeah

... uh, died in a plane crash as they were, uh, what? Down in southern Missouri coming back to St.

In 2000, they defeated Spencer Abraham, Rod Grams, John Ashcroft, the one-term wonders, right? Ashcroft's story is one of the more weirder ones.

That was the Mel Carnahan, uh, death.

Uh, he died in a plane crash.

Voters knew Carnahan had died.

Enough of them voted for him anyway.

Ashcroft loses.

Governor appoints Mel Carnahan's widow, et cetera.

But that's how strong the reaction against that Republican Senate class had become.

And he could have easily slipped into it, but I think he knew.

That was Mel Carnahan, wasn't it?

I believe, yes.

And, and his wife or his widow-