I’ll give you an example of trickery. The legendary Richard J. Daley ran for and won the “Big” House in 1936 from his legislative district — as a Republican (in fact, the GOP had nominated him as a replacement for a deceased incumbent) ! He promptly switched to the Democrats effective the start of the 1937 legislature so his district had 3 Dems. He didn’t have to worry about repercussions in 1938 (since they couldn’t have 3 Dems winning the district outright), he jumped into a State Senate race in 1938 and won.
https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=554314
Yes, you told me of that ages ago.
Seems it was an unusual circumstance, longtime GOP incumbent died right before the election and prick somehow finagled himself as the replacement in what must have been a corrupt process, I doubt he’d have won a regular primary.
I found the details
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2006/11/illinois_hall_o_14.html
“David Shanahan died suddenly on Oct. 18, 1936—less than 16 days before the election. His name was removed from the ballot and the Republican Senatorial Committee for the Ninth District nominated Robert E. Rodgers as the GOP candidate. But the state certifying board did not act in time so the ballot line for the Repubicans was left blank. Daley was then working as budget planning assistant to Cook County Treasurer Joseph L. Gill.
Daley got the backing of the 11th Ward Democratic Organization to launch a write-in campaign for him on the blank Republican line. The plan worked. Daley received 8,539 write-in votes as a Republican whereas the endorsed Republican Rodgers got only 3,321 write-in votes. Daley was certified as the Republican winner for the third seat.”
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Thanks alot “state certifying board”. No collusion from local Republicans, exonerated!!!! Witch hunt!!!
Rodgers ended up on the ballot as an Indie and placed 4th, I just endorsed him, posthumously, on Our Campaigns.