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  • Senate unseats Ford, 26-6

    04/19/2006 2:44:46 PM PDT · by SmithL · 34 replies · 1,682+ views
    AP ^ | 4/19/6 | LUCAS L. JOHNSON II
    NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Senate voted 26-6 on Wednesday to unseat Sen. Ophelia Ford, accepting the recommendation of a committee that found her election "incurably uncertain." The Senate, led by its GOP majority, voided the Memphis Democrat’s 13-vote victory over Republican Terry Roland in a September special election after a federal judge on Tuesday declined to intervene. An investigative committee, which has been at work since late last year, recommended Ford be ousted after finding the election results were "incurably uncertain" because of 12 improper ballots. Two were cast in the names of voters and others came from felons and...