claim: Ned Stark was nominated for a dead body.
evidence: John Verkamp -LRB- born c. 1940 -RRB- is an American attorney and politician in Arizona ; he served as a county attorney for 12 years , and was elected to four terms as a Republican state representative .. Republican. Republican Party ( United States ). Arizona. Arizona. He served one term as a state senator , but decided not to run for re-election in 2002 after redistricting moved his base of Flagstaff to a primarily Democratic district .. Democratic. Democratic Party ( United States ). Continuing to disagree with the Republicans over the issues of the Iraq War , which he opposed , in 2005 Verkamp joined the Democrats .. Iraq War. Iraq War. Democrats. Democratic Party ( United States ). He filed to run in 2006 as a Democrat for the United States Senate from Arizona , but was late and failed to qualify for the primary .. Democrat. Democratic Party ( United States ). United States Senate. United States Senate. Arizona. Arizona