An election loser who wouldn’t leave office? It happened once in North Carolina
What happens when a public official runs for reelection and loses but won’t leave office? People uneasy over Donald Trump’s obstinance should hope he isn’t inspired by Madison County Sheriff Hubert Davis, whose refusal to budge after losing in 1950 is among the most shocking examples of political defiance in North Carolina history. Madison is a mountainous, sparsely populated (22,135 residents) county 20 miles north of Asheville. Election chicanery and political violence have been embedded in its culture since its inception. After the state ...
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