David Andahl, a businessman and rancher, died on October 5 after a battle with Covid-19. About a month later, he appeared to have been elected to North Dakota’s state House.

David Andahl, 55, Dies; Elected Posthumously in North Dakota He caught Covid-19 as the virus surged across the state. How to fill his vacant seat in the State Legislature remained in dispute.

A North Dakota state legislative candidate died from COVID-19 in October — one month before Election Day. David Andahl, a Republican running for the state's House of Representatives won his race ...

David Andahl died of covid-19 in early October, just as the coronavirus was pummeling his home state of North Dakota. But that did not keep the 55-year-old rancher from winning his race for the ...