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Guv Is More Obsessed With Filling COVID Victim’s Seat Than Stopping COVID

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Dave Andahl was elected to the legislature even though he had died of coronavirus weeks before. Gov. Doug Burgum squandered the chance to save him—and many others.

Michael Daly
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