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underpants

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Wed Nov 7, 2018, 07:49 AM Nov 2018

Dennis Hof (R), Dead Brothel Owner From Nevada, Just Won In A Landslide

Dennis Hof, a brothel owner who died last month, overwhelmingly won an election to Nevada’s State Assembly on Tuesday.

Hof, a reality-television star touted as the state’s most well-known pimp, ran as an outspoke Republican for Nevada’s Assembly District 36 before he died in October at the age of 72. Due to state law, however, he remained on the ballot and the state’s leading GOP officials had urged voters to still cast their ballots for him in order to deprive Democrats of the chance to flip the seat.

The Nevada Independent noted that signs had been posted at polling places throughout Hof’s district informing voters that he had died, but some estimates say he still won about 63 percent of the vote regardless.

The Nevada Republican Party will now be responsible for filling the dead man’s office.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dennis-hof-nevada-assembly_us_5be299fce4b0e84388917409

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Dennis Hof (R), Dead Brothel Owner From Nevada, Just Won In A Landslide (Original Post) underpants Nov 2018 OP
Some people take the adage 'The only good Republican...' literally nt Xipe Totec Nov 2018 #1
They'll even elect a dead pimp! Rosen won , though, so I'm thrilled with that. octoberlib Nov 2018 #2
Just like Trumpy's grandpa Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2018 #3
Now, Now flotsam Nov 2018 #4

flotsam

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4. Now, Now
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 04:02 PM
Nov 2018

There's no reason to think a dead republican will not be just as much an asset to the state as a live one would.

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