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Tagged: Robert Jones

Death of a candidate
10:51 am
Wed October 20, 2010

Mayor of Kalamazoo to run for Michigan Senate

Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby Hopewell at a podium
Credit Kalamazoo Public Library
Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby Hopewell will make a quick run for the Michigan Senate.
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Democratic Party leaders in Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties have chosen their candidate to replace Robert Jones - Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby Hopewell.

Robert Jones was running for the Michigan Senate in the 20th district when he died over the weekend. He was battling esophageal cancer.

In Michigan, votes for a deceased candidate do not count, so party leaders had to put forward a new candidate.

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Death of a candidate
1:20 pm
Tue October 19, 2010

Voters around Kalamazoo will have a new name on their ballots

The Michigan Senate chamber
Credit Lester Graham / Michigan Radio
The Michigan Senate chamber. Democratic Party leaders will name a replacement tonight for their 20th district candidate.
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Since Robert Jones  passed away this past weekend, election officials have been working to come up with a plan of action. Jones was a candidate for the Michigan Senate and the election is just fourteen days away.

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Jack Lessenberry's Take
1:12 pm
Tue October 19, 2010

Should Robert Jones have been running for the state Senate?

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State Representative Robert Jones
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State Representative Robert Jones was an enormously popular former mayor of Kalamazoo who was in an intense battle to win a seat in the state senate. Intense, but not nasty.

But two days ago, Robert Jones suddenly died in his home, throwing the race into chaos and elections officials into a tizzy.

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Death of a candidate
1:03 pm
Mon October 18, 2010

Death of Robert Jones raises questions about election

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Michigan State Representative Robert Jones and friend
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Michigan House Representative and current Democratic candidate for State Senate Robert Jones died this past weekend. He was 66 and being treated for esophogeal cancer, but officials at Kalamzoo's Democratic Party Headquarters say his death still came as a surprise.

Jones' death has raised several questions about the race for the State Senate seat in Michigan's 20th district (representing parts of Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties).

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