WPRO News and the Associated Press

Republican State Representative Karen MacBeth tells WPRO’s Tara Granahan that she has abandoned her short-lived race for Congress against sitting Congressman David Cicilline, and would also not seek reelection to her General Assembly seat.

MacBeth told Granahan that running for Congress was much different than she thought it would be and also said that she was not prepared for the fundraising duties that go along with running for office.

The elementary school principal from Cumberland also says she’s newly engaged and worried about the impact being in Washington would have on her marriage.

MacBeth abruptly quit the Democratic party in late March and announced a week later she was running for Congress as a Republican against incumbent Democrat David Cicilline in the 1st Congressional district. H. Russell Taub is now the only Republican in the race.

Cicilline is running for his fourth term. Rhode Island’s first district covers the easternmost part of the state.

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