Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:48 PM

A North Dakota state legislature candidate who died from Covid-19 appears to have won his election

Source: CNN

David Andahl, a North Dakota businessman and rancher, died October 5 after a battle with Covid-19. And about a month later, he appears to have been elected to the state House.

The Republican candidate is projected to win one of two seats from among four candidates in the race for North Dakota's 8th district. He received about 35.53% of the total votes, according to unofficial results from the state. Fellow GOP candidate Dave Nehring is projected to win the other seat, with about 40.72% of the vote.

Andahl's death in October had prompted questions about what would happen were he to win the election in November. North Dakota's attorney general issued an opinion stating that the situation would be treated just as an official's decision to step down or retire, meaning that the district's Republican Party would appoint a representative to fill his vacant seat.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/04/politics/north-dakota-candidate-died-covid-wins-election-trnd/index.html

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A North Dakota state legislature candidate who died from Covid-19 appears to have won his election (Original post)	William Seger	Nov 4	OP
That has to be a hoax.	Newest Reality	Nov 4	#1
Pure fucking RETHUGLICON!	bluestarone	Nov 4	#2
Only two states could be that dumb, North Dakota or Florida.	Polly Hennessey	Nov 4	#3
"North Dakota's Attorney General Issued an Opinion Stating...	jayfish	Nov 4	#4
Stiff fight. nt	Xipe Totec	Nov 4	#5
Ooooh!	lagomorph777	Nov 5	#12
Wow-- how'd he do that?	ailsagirl	Nov 4	#6
A Dead Person....	LovingA2andMI	Nov 4	#7
Isn't there a requirement	Roy Rolling	Nov 4	#8
Probably an improvement	not fooled	Nov 4	#9
The Only Good repub Is A Dead repub nt	sfstaxprep	Nov 5	#10
Didn't Bush make John Ashcroft Attorney General, because he'd just lost his Senate seat to someone	LeftishBrit	Nov 5	#11
Good for him...	stillcool	Nov 5	#13

Response to William Seger (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:52 PM

Newest Reality (12,702 posts)

1. That has to be a hoax.

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Response to William Seger (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:55 PM

bluestarone (11,197 posts)

2. Pure fucking RETHUGLICON!

That's who they are!

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Response to William Seger (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:57 PM

Polly Hennessey (3,743 posts)

3. Only two states could be that dumb, North Dakota or Florida.

Can you guess I don’t like either one.

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Response to William Seger (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:57 PM

jayfish (8,811 posts)

4. "North Dakota's Attorney General Issued an Opinion Stating...

that the situation would be treated just as an official's decision to step down or retire, meaning that the district's Republican Party would appoint a representative to fill his vacant seat."

Yeah... I'm not sure it's going to work out like that. You can't step down or retire if you never took office to begin with. They throw, literally, whatever BS pops into their head against the wall.

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Wed Nov 4, 2020, 06:59 PM

Xipe Totec (42,892 posts)