Former Miss America running for Congress as independent in North Dakota

Former Miss America Cara Mund has introduced she’s operating for Congress this yr as an unbiased in North Dakota.

“On the 57th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, I’m proud to announce that I’m searching for to be North Dakota’s first feminine within the U.S. Home of Representatives,” Mund wrote on Fb Saturday.

The 2022 graduate of Harvard Regulation College turned essential of the Miss America group towards the top of her 2018 tenure, and now touts the expertise as her inspiration for authorized training and profession in public service.

In her Miss America profile, Mund shared her political aspirations to turn into her state’s first feminine governor.

The Bismark Tribune reported Sunday that Mund is gathering the thousand signatures wanted to get on the North Dakota poll as an unbiased on this yr’s midterms. 

If she’s profitable, she’ll face incumbent Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R) and Democrat nominee Mark Haugen within the struggle for the state’s solely open Home seat in November. 

The Hill has reached out to Mund for remark.

Mund accused Miss America management of bullying and silencing her throughout her reign, which then-chairwoman Gretchen Carlson denied. Carlson, a former Fox Information host, later resigned.