Politics | Election 2020 Candidate Who Died of COVID Wins Race It was too late to remove North Dakota's David Andahl from the ballot By Evann Gastaldo Posted Nov 4, 2020 7:19 AM CST Copied A poll worker disinfects a voting booth at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion via AP) A Republican candidate for North Dakota's state legislature won on Tuesday—despite the fact that he died of COVID-19 last month. David Andahl won one of two seats awarded in the Bismarck-area district, Fox 9 reports. But the 55-year-old died Oct. 5 after a battle with the coronavirus; the AP reported at the time that unless a sufficient number of district voters petitioned for a special election, the Republican Party would choose his replacement should he win. Read These Next 11 people hurt in a "brutal act of violence" in Michigan. We knew Letterman would pipe up about Colbert eventually. A parent's nightmare, in a white cardboard box. The humans survived this flight; the deer on the ground didn't. Report an error