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@Mr.Election: I strongly disagree with – and have twice reverted – your edit removing the vote totals for candidates Brown and Blair in the infobox. Under ordinary circumstances, this might be appropriate, although I'm usually inclined to include all candidates unless it makes the infobox completely unwieldy. In this highly contentious and close election, however, the potential Goebel votes that went to Brown especially, but also to Blair, might have swung the result in his favor, a fact attested to by the published literature on the subject. Further, this article has already been reviewed as a featured article, and none of the reviewers expressed concerns about Brown and Blair's inclusion in the infobox. That wouldn't overturn a consensus to remove, obviously, but it should be given some up-front deference, I think. I'm glad to engage in discussion about the edit, as I hope others will. Acdixon(talk·contribs)15:51, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I was interested in the same question. From the J. C. W. Beckham article, "Beckham remained governor, but because of the unusual circumstances surrounding the election, a special election was held on November 6, 1900, to determine who would complete Goebel's unexpired term. Beckham, now of age, won the election over Republican John W. Yerkes by fewer than 4,000 votes." It does not appear that we have an article on the special election itself. Jenks24 (talk) 06:00, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Seems a bit odd the article does not have a results table that lists all the candidates and their vote totals. Is this possible to add somewhere in the article? TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 20:09, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@TulsaPoliticsFan: Once upon a time, this information was in the infobox. I still think it should be, as minor party candidates were most definitely a factor in the election, but I guess the MOS won out. Anyway, the info you need to create a results table is in this revision. Feel free to add. Acdixon(talk·contribs)14:46, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
