A Republican candidate for the state legislature in North Dakota who died from COVID-19 in October won his election Tuesday night.
Election results in North Dakota showed the Bismark-area district going to David Andahl and Dave Nehring. The district chooses two representatives.
According to the Associated Press, Andahl died due to complications from COVID-19 at the age of 55 in October. He had been sick and hospitalized with the disease.
Andahl and fellow District 8 House candidate Nehring won the Republicans endorsements and voters’ nominations to defeat one of North Dakota’s most powerful lawmakers, Rep. Jeff Delzer, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
Andahl won about 35% of the vote to win the seat.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
CherrywoodXVI on November 4th, 2020 at 06:58 UTC »
I hear Sam Seaborne is going to take his place
Duweniveer on November 4th, 2020 at 06:46 UTC »
“And so, having nothing else better to do at the time, North Dakota elected a dead man to the state legislature, where he successfully championed charitable causes with his great speech ‘sound of flies coming out of his mouth’
Sly1969 on November 4th, 2020 at 06:45 UTC »
Well that dead guy is still tweeting so why shouldn't this guy govern? There's been too much discrimination against the deceased, time for them to rise up!