Cara Mund turns in signatures for independent run at North Dakota's lone US House seat

BISMARCK — A month after announcing the start of her political career, Cara Mund is one step closer to appearing on the November ballot as an independent candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mund, a former Miss America titleholder and recent Harvard Law School graduate, turned in what she said were about 2,600 signatures to Secretary of State Al Jaeger's office on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

If Jaeger’s office deems later this week that at least 1,000 of the signatures are valid, Mund's name will appear on the November ballot. Mund said she’s optimistic the signatures she gathered in Bismarck and other North Dakota cities will be enough to surpass the required threshold.

Mund and Republican incumbent Rep. Kelly Armstrong are the only two candidates remaining in the race after endorsed Democratic-NPL candidate Mark Haugen suspended his campaign over the weekend.

Haugen, who is anti-abortion, said Democratic leaders asked him to bow out of the race to give Mund, who is pro-abortion rights, a better chance at beating Armstrong.

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