Fox News: GOP House Candidate Accused of Fraud Will Not Run in New Race

LLENAS Mark Harris released ░░░░░░░░ statement moments ago explaining ░░░░░░░░ he is no longer ░░░░░░░░ to run in the ░░░░░░░░ election for the Ninth ░░░░░░░░ District He s citing ░░░░░░░░ reasons In part he ░░░░░░░░ this given my health ░░░░░░░░ the need to regain ░░░░░░░░ strength and the timing ░░░░░░░░ this surgery the last ░░░░░░░░ of March I decided ░░░░░░░░ to file in the ░░░░░░░░ election for congressional district ░░░░░░░░ He says he isn ░░░░░░░░ running again after consulting ░░░░░░░░ his physicians about an ░░░░░░░░ serious condition he faced ░░░░░░░░ January of which now ░░░░░░░░ has to have surgery ░░░░░░░░ the last week of ░░░░░░░░ Now this comes less ░░░░░░░░ a week after North ░░░░░░░░ officials voted unanimously to ░░░░░░░░ a new election in ░░░░░░░░ ninth congressional district in ░░░░░░░░ Carolina because of voter ░░░░░░░░ Remember Harris beat Democrat ░░░░░░░░ McCready by less than ░░░░░░░░ 000 votes but the ░░░░░░░░ did not certify the ░░░░░░░░ because of suspicions that ░░░░░░░░ political operative and convicted ░░░░░░░░ that Harris hired Leslie ░░░░░░░░ Dowless tampered with mail ░░░░░░░░ absentee ballots Dowless has ░░░░░░░░ wrongdoing Harris had been ░░░░░░░░ for his innocence but ░░░░░░░░ changed course saying he ░░░░░░░░ a new election should ░░░░░░░░ called after Harris s ░░░░░░░░ son testified that he ░░░░░░░░ his father about Dowless ░░░░░░░░ past Now McCready says ░░░░░░░░ s ready for another ░░░░░░░░ No date has been ░░░░░░░░ yet for that special ░░░░░░░░ The North Carolina GOP ░░░░░░░░ Harris s decision not ░░░░░░░░ run and they have ░░░░░░░░ a statement attacking Dan ░░░░░░░░ saying a word to ░░░░░░░░ McCready and his Democrat ░░░░░░░░ you did not get ░░░░░░░░ legal votes and there ░░░░░░░░ no free lunches in ░░░░░░░░ You will be held ░░░░░░░░ for the extremist positions ░░░░░░░░ Party has taken and ░░░░░░░░ role to erase more ░░░░░░░░ 283 000 legal votes ░░░░░░░░ citizens of the Ninth ░░░░░░░░ District Now Harris Trace ░░░░░░░░ endorsed Stony Rushing the ░░░░░░░░ county commissioner to take ░░░░░░░░ place in that special ░░░░░░░░ A date hasn t ░░░░░░░░ set for that.”