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Which Democrat presumably died in a plane crash weeks before the election against Young?

  • Jimmy Carter

  • Nick Begich

  • George McGovern

  • Walter Mondale

Answer

Nick Begich, an American politician, was the presumed Democratic nominee in the special election to fill the United States House of Representatives for Alaska's at-large district. Begich was reported to have died in a plane crash in Alaska's Lake Clark National Park and Preserve on October 16, 2010, weeks before the election. His opponent, Republican incumbent Don Young, won the election with a 29-point margin.
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