The Republican lawmaker's death came weeks after he revealed he had tested positive for COVID-19 during a trip to El Salvador
Republican Caucus on Saturday."Please keep our family in your prayers and thank you for continuing to respect our privacy in this extremely difficult time."
Ericksen, who represented the 42nd District in Whatcom County, had sent an email to his Republican colleagues in the Washington House and Senate in NovemberHe asked them for advice on how to receive monoclonal antibodies, which were not available in the country. "I cannot get back home, and it's to the point that I feel it would be beneficial for me to receive an iv of monoclonal antibodies ," he wrote."I have a doctor here who can administer the iv, but the product is not available here."
shortly after sending the email, former state Rep. Luanne Van Werven later said. Van Werven said Ericksen was recovering at a hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but it was not clear where he was when he died.
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