Mark Hounsell of Conway who announced he was running for the Republican nomination for the 1st Congressional District during a press conference at the Gibson Center for Senior Services on Jan. 11, announced he was withdrawing from the race on Thursday. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
Mark Hounsell of Conway who announced he was running for the Republican nomination for the 1st Congressional District during a press conference at the Gibson Center for Senior Services on Jan. 11, announced he was withdrawing from the race on Thursday. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
CONWAY — The field in the 1st Congressional District race got a little bit smaller on Thursday when former state Sen. Mark Hounsell (R-Conway) announced he was withdrawing from the race. The current Carroll County commissioner and Conway School Board member said he didn’t see a path for his candidacy to financially stay in the chase for the GOP nomination.
"For the past three months I gave this effort my best shot," Hounsell, 65, stated on Thursday morning. "The bottom line is I am not willing to do what is expected to raise the money to be competitive and the people who support me are not doing so with sufficient contributions. The reality of the situation regarding me going to Washington D.C. to represent the people of my home state in the House of Representatives is best expressed this way, ‘I can’t get there from here.'"
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