Lol! I remember an Eddie Murphy comedy back in the 1990’s with a similar premise. Basically, Murphy is conman and when some congressman who has been reelected for the last 40 years dies, Murphy gets the idea to change his name to the deceased congressman’s and run for the seat on the theory that voters will just recognize the name they’ve been voting for their entire life and vote for it. He even reuses the exact same signage as the deceased congressman and manages to win.