Imagine getting killed by your election opponent: that's what happened to former TN state senator Tommy Burks, who was murdered by Byron Looper a month before the election. With support from both Rs & Ds, Burks' widow Charlotte ran as a write-in and got 93% of the vote.
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Charlotte Burks would go on to serve in the State Senate for four terms until her retirement in 2014. On the other hand, Looper was given a life sentence in prison with no chance of parole in 2000. He died there in 2013 of a heart condition.
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