Residents of a US town have voted in a dead man as their mayor. Carl Geary died a month ago from a heart attack as he campaigned to be selected in Tracy City, Tennessee. Despite his sudden death, he still polled more than three times as many votes as his rival in the small country town. His widow, Susan Geary, said his election "was not a surprise at all to me", reports the Daily Telegraph. "The day he passed away, people were calling with condolences and saying, 'We're still voting for him'," she said. Geary, 55, was known for his straight talking and served on the local council. He polled 285 votes to his rival's 85. Local business owners said the vote to elect Geary was as a protest against the current mayor, Barbara Brock. "I knew he was deceased. I know that sounds stupid, but we wanted someone other than her," said Chris Rogers, owner of the town's Lunch Box restaurant. "If he were to run again next week I'd vote for him again." Brock, who had campaigned on her efforts to beautify the town, said she was shocked the town would vote for someone who is "pushing up the daisies" rather than planting them. Source: orange news