[2] In the 2020 election, Andahl defeated longtime incumbent Jeff Delzer in the Republican primary for a seat in the North Dakota House of Representatives, but died a month before the November general election due to complications from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota, at age 55.
[4] At the time of his house election he was the sitting chairman of the Lignite Energy Council, a lobbying and pressure group for the coal industry in North Dakota.
[6] North Dakota's Governor, Doug Burgum, and junior Senator Kevin Cramer both endorsed his run for the state house.
[8] Following Andahl's death, North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem issued an opinion stating that if a candidate wins an election posthumously, the result would be a vacancy and state law gives the choice of his replacement to the district's chapter of the Republican Party.
On November 24, 2020, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that Burgum does not have the authority to appoint a person to fill the vacant house seat.