A Minnesota state senator who recently contracted COVID-19 died Friday of complications from the disease. First-term Republican Sen.
Jerry Relph tested positive for the virus after having close contact with an infected colleague, the Star Tribune reported. Relph began quarantining on Nov.
10. Republican Sen. Jerry Relph had contracted the virus after attending a post-election party last month. (Minnesota State Senate) The 76-year-old Vietnam War veteran, who recently lost re-election, was one of several GOP state senators who contracted the coronavirus after attending a post-election party in November, according to MPR News.