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Braziian Presidential Elections makes history today. Sad but historic

thebrazilianzz said:
I wasn't a fan of this guy, but it was sad to see 5 kids and a wife without a father and husband "just like that"
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I agree. This guy had a family and more than likely wasn't a bad man. Sucks to see soemthing like this.
 
thebrazilianzz said:
Has something like this happened before anywhere else?
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I'm sure that type of thing has happened somewhere. However, the only similar incident I found in US history by searching just now was this, "the only [U.S.] election in which a presidential candidate died during the electoral process":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1872

Apparently the candidate died after the popular vote (vote of the people), but before the official electoral vote (vote of the "electoral college", i.e. the representatives of the states who officially declare the president). But since he lost anyway, Horace Greeley's death didn't impact the election. If he had won, though, I'm not at all sure what would have happened.
 
There have been a number of deaths of politicians immediately prior to the election in which they were running.

The most recent example I can think of in the United States was the death of Mel Carnahan during his race for Senate against John Ashcroft. Carnahan was, in fact, elected posthumously and his wife was appointed in his place. This ultimately led to to John Ashcroft becoming Attorney General during the Bush II administration.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri,_2000
 
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