BREAKING: Stacey Dash is OUT and no longer running for Congress…

Stacey Dash has officially withdrawn her candidacy for Congress, just a month after she initiated it in a district where she didn’t have a snowball’s chance of winning:

“Clueless” star and former Fox News commentator Stacey Dash is withdrawing her congressional bid, a representative for the actress confirmed to CNN Friday.

“After much prayer, introspection and discussions with my family, I am withdrawing my candidacy for California’s 44th Congressional District,” Dash said in an email statement to CNN.

The news comes one month after the actress and outspoken Republican filed paperwork to run in California’s 44th district, which is currently represented by Democrat Nanette Barragán.

Her campaign slogan was “Dash to D.C.”

“I started this run with the intention to address the pressing issues in the district where I live,” Dash said in the statement. “I hoped, and remain hopeful, that I can assist people living here on the national level. My goal was, and remains, to improve the lives of people who have been forgotten for decades by the Democratic Party.”

However, Dash added, “At this point, I believe that the overall bitterness surrounding our political process, participating in the rigors of campaigning, and holding elected office would be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of my family. I would never want to betray the personal and spiritual principles I believe in most: that my God and my family come first.”

Sounds like she’s gotten some pretty negative criticism/feedback/threats…or something. I mean the bitterness of the political world hasn’t changed much in a month; and it was quite evident when she ran. So I’d say something definitely happened to dissuade her for running.


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