The exact thing was tried on Romney by the 'rats when he was running for governor with almost the exact same circumstances and it was laughed out of the 'rat dominated Election Board.
But wait! When the idiot voters of Missouri elected a dead man it wasn't the Republican runner up who went to the US Senate, it was an apointee of the Democratic Gov. Why is the court picking "de-facto winners". Why didn't these same rules apply to the widow Carnihan?
Isn't it funny how the liberals always want you to stop challenging them at the point they get a decision that works in THEIR favor. They're like little children.
Strangely enough, we explicitly know everyone's party affiliation except for Stephenson's. And what's up with that "and voted as a Democrat in two elections" line? From the context we have to assume she ran as a Republican but it sounds like she's a RINO at best (not that it should have any bearing on the outcome).
Given the eligibility challenge comeing post-election, IMHO the proper outcome is for the Senate to declare Stephenson ineligible to hold office and to hold a special election to allow the people to choose a qualified candidate. As someone once said, "second place is the first loser" and should remain so. This isn't a beauty pagent.
Even if gets to the point where the Kentucky Supreme Court rules against the Republicans and the Senate, they don't have to seat the Democrat. They can still opt to declare the seat vacant, since the winner was ostensibly ruled ineligible by the courts. The seat would then be filled subject to the provisions of Kentucky's constitution (appointment? special election?)