Trump Drops a Bombshell Pick for Lindsey Graham’s Seat

his campaign. He won the election anyway, posthumously, and Carnahan filled the seat. The governor of Minnesota appointed Muriel Humphrey (D-Minn.) after her husband, Hubert Humphrey, died in 1978, though she never sought election herself.

There are examples of wives who have succeeded their husbands via election. Mary Bono (R-Calif.) won a 1998 special continue reading …