Special Elections: Rare Events
November 26th, 2007 by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
All the buzz about Julia Carson’s illness inevitably leads to talk about how a vacancy in Congress is filled. It requires a special election and the reason some folks are unaware could be because they’ve never seen one.
The last special election for Congress in Indiana took place in 1989. Dan Coats created the vacancy in what was then the 4th Congressional District when he was appointed by Governor Bob Orr to fill a vacancy in the U. S. Senate. (Dan Quayle gave up his Senate seat to become Vice President.)
Trivia question: Who won that special election?
Answer: Current candidate for governor Jill Long Thompson.
Tags: Carson, Jill Long Thompson, politics
