War Vet Drops Out of Race for House Seat

[DoYouEverWonder]

March 21, 2006, 9:31 PM EST

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Democrat Tim Dunn, a lawyer and veteran of the Iraq war, announced Tuesday he was dropping out of the race for the U.S. House seat held by Republican Robin Hayes.

Dunn, whose fundraising has lagged behind his GOP opponent's, said he was exiting because the campaign endangered his ability to meet his financial obligations to his family.

"It has come down to a choice between my family obligations and the campaign for Congress and my family will always come first," he said in a statement.

Still vying for the Democratic nomination are Larry Kissell, a social studies teacher, and Mark Ortiz, an unsuccessful candidate in 2004.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-congress-north-carolina,0,2458722.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[Ignacio Upton]

1. This sucks

:(
If he's doing this to support his family, then I wish him good luck helping them. God bless them.

[anotherdrew]

2. have you EVER heard of a republican who couldn't afford to run?

WTF is wrong here?

[CAG]

4. Kind of funny, isn't it? Could it be that most of them are rich snots who

were born on third base and thought they hit a triple?

[anotherdrew]

8. it's always that or...

it's always that or they are "made men" with the help of a shadowy network of "business" dealings.

[babylonsister]

3. I wonder who's getting any Dem support in NC? nt

[cantstandbush]

5. He should keep his name on the ballot. No need to campaign.

Just stay on the ballot!!!

[Voltaire99]

6. Better a social studies teacher, anyway.

"War vet" isn't a qualification for anything, except pity.

[ShockediSay]

7. We need the vets

and the honest vets need the money