Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe TRACY CITY, Tenn., April 15 (UPI) -- Election officials in a Tennessee county said a town elected a deceased candidate mayor in a landslide -- 268 votes to the incumbent's 85. Donna Basham, administrator of the Grundy County Election Commission, said Tracy City voters elected Carl Robin Geary, who died suddenly a few weeks ago, over Mayor Barbara Brock, who took office about a year ago after the death of the last mayor, WTVC-TV, Chattanooga, Tenn., reported Thursday. Advertisement Basham said Geary's death was widely reported in the town. She would not speculate as to the reasons for his posthumous victory. The administrator said the city council will appoint a mayor to serve a four-year term.
