https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/26281/4-dead-politicians-who-still-got-elected
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Robin_Geary (won the election, though dead)
of of the 5, mrs Brock, who was beaten by a dead man was appointed mayor by (by who? by corrupt people) despite voters having assured the state they did not want her anywhere near their money (she promised to spend money to "improve the beauty town", being a town of only 1,600 people (a struggling township) - you can imagine they'd rather she have left town)