Published: November 04, 2008 09:54 pm      

Father, son with same name on Ind. ballot

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Voters in southern Indiana got to vote twice Tuesday for a candidate named Dennie Oxley. But there was nothing illegal about it.

At the top of the ticket was five-term incumbent Rep. Dennie Oxley, D-English, who was tapped as his party's candidate for lieutenant governor.

State House District 73 featured his father, also named Dennie Oxley, who stepped in to run for the seat his son vacated when he was chosen to run alongside Jill Long Thompson.

Father fared better than son Tuesday night. The younger Oxley's aspirations for higher office this year ended with Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels' re-election to a second term.

His father won his state legislative race, according to unofficial results tallied by The Associated Press.