Ken Aden, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Congress from Arkansas\u2019 Third Congressional District, on Monday morning announced his intent to withdraw from the race for United States Congress effective at 5 p.m. on Monday, July 9, 2012.
\n \u201cMr. Aden\u2019s campaign has, via overnight mail, submitted the necessary notification prescribed by the Arkansas Code to withdraw from the race for U.S. Congress. A copy of this notification has been provided to the Democratic Party of Arkansas as well,\u201d said Vince Leibowitz, spokesperson for the campaign.
\n Aden said he was exiting the race in order to spend more time with his family and to help ensure victory for Democrats across the state in November.
\n \u201cUnfortunately, the ongoing saga related to my military records has created a tremendous distraction for our campaign, and I did not want this to have adverse consequences for Democrats across the district or anywhere else in the state,\u201d Aden said.
\n \u201cAdditionally, as most of you know, I recently became a father for the first time, and I will be exiting this race in order to spend more time with my family,\u201d he continued.
\n \u201cI sincerely regret any difficulty that this situation has caused my fellow Democrats, my supporters, and staff. I will continue to remain a loyal Democrat and to my best to help Democrats in win in November,\u201d he concluded.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nIt was simple, all he had to NOT do is lie, failing that he could have admitted the lie, but now he’s out and still not admitting that we were right all along after suffering the slings and arrows from his campaign. So he won’t be in Congress, I guess that’s something. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"