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Last Updated on Thursday, 18 November 2010 01:59 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 18 November 2010 01:46
From Times Record Online:
Unless the incumbent steps down, Gov. Mike Beebe cannot call a special election for a state House district in which a deceased candidate won the general election, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said in an opinion Wednesday.
Beebe had asked McDaniel for an opinion regarding a new election in House District 24, where Republican Keith Crass defeated Democrat Larry Williams even though Crass died before the Nov. 2 election. The incumbent, Democrat Rick Saunders, 68, of Hot Springs, was prevented by term limits from seeking re-election.
“Unless Rep. Saunders vacates the office, no ‘vacancy’ will arise under the circumstances at hand, so as to trigger your call for a special election,” McDaniel said in his opinion.