TRACY CITY, Tennessee - April 15, 2010 - A dead man was elected mayor of a small Tennessee town eager to oust a woman who'd been appointed to the job after the previous mayor died, local media reports.

Carl Robin Geary, Sr., a local alderman known for straight talk and always wearing overalls, was a candidate for mayor when he died of a heart attack on March 10.

He defeated incumbent Barbara Brock, 268 votes to 85, in the town of Tracy City’s election on Tuesday, the Chattanooga Times reported Friday.

"If he were to run again next week I'd vote for him again," Chris Rogers, owner of the town's Lunch Box restaurant, told the paper.