A candidate who died in October appears to have been elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives on Tuesday. Weeks before the polls closed, David Andahl, 55, died of Covid-19. But his name was left on the ballot paper and he received 35% of the vote. “He had a lot of feelings for his county,” his mother said.
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