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2000, the electiballot in missos unique. the incumbent, john ashcroft, also listed on the ballot was his challenger, democratic governor mel carnahan. melcarnahan by election day was no longer alive. he had been killed in a plane crash less than a month earlier. >> governor mel carnahan was on his way to a campaign rally in a small plane that went down in heavy fog and rain near st. louis. the first word came last night from a spokesman for the governor. >> it is with great sadness that we report that earlier this evening, a plane believed to be carrying governor mel carnahan, his son roger, a...
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