Democrat Haugen drops from ND House race after Mund entry

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Democrat Mark Haugen has suspended his marketing campaign for U.S. Home in North Dakota, saying he was pressured by his get together to step apart for former Miss America Cara Mund.

Mund entered the race in August as an impartial, citing her help for abortion rights as a serious purpose.

Haugen opposes abortion and stated Sunday that his stance price him help within the get together, the Bismarck Tribune reported. He stated he didn’t see a path to win.

Democratic-NPL Social gathering Chairman Patrick Hart stated in a press release that he doesn’t “inform anybody what to do,” however that he helps Haugen’s choice to drop out.

Haugen, a College of Mary graduate adviser in Bismarck who has lengthy labored as a paramedic, confronted no opposition within the Democratic major in June. He was in search of to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong, who additionally opposes abortion. Armstrong is in search of a second time period.

Mund, a Bismarck native, Harvard Regulation College graduate and 2018 Miss America, faces a Tuesday deadline to submit the 1,000 petition signatures wanted to make the November poll as an impartial.