Republican David Anhal, who died of covid-19 in October, won the North Dakota state assembly election on Tuesday.
According to the Grand Forks Herald “Trump Republican”, Endhall ran the primary challenge against the powerful Republican and won it earlier this year. He was then re-elected on Tuesday. Was endorsed by influential figures such as Doug Bergham.
Along with North as well as Republican Dave Nehring, he was elected state representative for the 8th district, North Dakota election officials announced.
Ah kto. He was 55 years old when he died on Wednesday, less than a week after he was hospitalized with a coronavirus infection.
U.S. The state of North Dakota, with a population of D60,000,000, has the highest per capita Covid-1 case rate in the country, according to the latest Census Bureau estimates. As of last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention routes, North Dakota coronavirus has more than 150 cases per 100,000 people.
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Steinhej said last month that if Andhal wins, the state G.O.P. He will appoint a replacement from the same party, the Grand Forks Herald said.
The election of the dead is not without precedent. In the 2018 election, the owner of a Nevada brothel won a statewide office fee election after his death.
