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North Dakota candidate died from COVID-19 but won anyway. The governor may not be able to fill his seat.

North Dakota’s attorney general says Gov. Doug Burgum has no authority to appointment a coal company executive to fill a state House seat won by a Republican candidate who died before the election.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.Read moreMike McCleary / AP
    by James MacPherson, The Associated Press
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