Succeeded by Carol Miller Role Politician Name Margarette Leach | Political party Democratic Nationality American Party Democratic Party | |
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Born December 4, 1926
Goodwill, West Virginia ( 1926-12-04 ) Residence Huntington, West Virginia Died December 23, 2007, Huntington, West Virginia, United States Books Harry Harrison's Deathworld | ||
Margarette Faye Riggins Leach (December 4, 1926 – December 23, 2007) was a United States Democratic politician from West Virginia, best known for being a faithless elector during the 1988 United States presidential election.
She pledged to vote for Michael Dukakis for President of the United States and Lloyd Bentsen for Vice President of the United States. However, she cast her vote for Bentsen as President and Dukakis as Vice President as a form of protest against the electoral college's winner-take-all system.
Leach was later a seven-term member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 15th district. She won the Democratic primary for an additional term, but lost the general election in 2006.
Leach died December 23, 2007.
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