Editing Write-in candidate (section)

===Other elections===
*[[Aaron Schock]] was elected to the District 150 School Board in [[Peoria, Illinois]], in 2001 by a write-in vote, after his petitions were challenged and his name was removed from the ballot. He defeated the incumbent by over 2,000 votes, approximately 6,400 to 4,300 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aaronschock.com/about.htm|title=Biography - School Board Write-in Campaign |website=Aaron Schock |access-date=September 27, 2006|archive-date=November 6, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061106183947/http://aaronschock.com/about.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He went on to serve in the [[Illinois House of Representatives]], and was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 2008. He was later forced to resign in an expenses scandal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/03/17/rep-aaron-schock-plans-to-resign-in-wake-of-spending-probe |url-access=subscription |title=Rep. Aaron Schock announces resignation in wake of spending probe|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=March 18, 2015|first1=Mike|last1=DeBonis |first2=Robert |last2=Costa |first3=Paul |last3=Kane |date=March 17, 2015}}</ref>
*John Adams became an [[Orange County, California]] judge in November 2002 after running along with 10 other write-in candidates in the primaries on March 5, 2002, against incumbent Judge Ronald Kline.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/03/06/california.primary/index.html|title='Fight' seen in California's governor's race|publisher=CNN|date=March 6, 2002|access-date=March 30, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123204655/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/03/06/california.primary/index.html|archive-date=January 23, 2009}}</ref> After the filing deadline in which no candidate filed to run against Kline, a computer hacker discovered that Judge Kline had child pornography on his home computer. Kline got less than 50% of the vote in the primaries, requiring a runoff between him and write-in candidate John Adams (who actually received more votes than Kline).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oc.ca.gov/election/Live/e2/result2.htm#c2721|title=Orange County Registrar of Voters Election Results for March 5, 2002}}</ref> After some legal maneuvers, Kline's name was removed from the general elections, leaving the general election a runoff between Adams and Gay Sandoval, who was the second highest write-in vote getter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oc.ca.gov/election/Live/e5/result5.htm#c2721|title=Orange County Registrar of Voters Election Results for November 5, 2002|access-date=December 8, 2005|archive-date=March 6, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050306131810/http://www.oc.ca.gov/election/Live/E5/result5.htm#c2721|url-status=dead}}</ref> Charges against Kline were eventually thrown out.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irvineworldnews.com/Astories/oct30/kline.htm|title=Case against ex-judge Kline gutted|publisher=Irvine World News|date=October 30, 2003|access-date=June 30, 2006|first=Rachanee|last=Srisavasdi}}</ref>
*On September 15, 2009, four write-in candidates in the [[United States Independence Party|Independence Party]] primaries for various offices in [[Putnam County, New York]], defeated their on-ballot opponents.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.putnamcountycourier.com/news/2009-10-01/Front_Page/A_Reversal_of_Fortune_for_Interim_Independence_Par.html|title=A Reversal of Fortune for Interim Independence Party|date=October 1, 2009|publisher=The Putnam County Courier|first=Michael Brendan|last=Dougherty|access-date=November 27, 2009|archive-date=July 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715133910/http://www.putnamcountycourier.com/news/2009-10-01/Front_Page/A_Reversal_of_Fortune_for_Interim_Independence_Par.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*In a May 2011 school board election for the [[Bentley Community Schools|Bentley School]] Board in Michigan, Lisa Osborn ran as a write-in candidate and needed just one vote to win a seat. However, she did not receive any votes, even from herself. She explained herself by saying that she was at her son's baseball game and did not have time to go to the polls.<ref>{{cite web |last=Acosta|first=Roberto|title=School board candidate loses election because she didn't vote for herself; calls not voting a 'dumb move'|date=May 11, 2011|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/05/bentley_school_board_candidate.html|publisher=Mlive.com|access-date=November 2, 2011}}</ref>