Who is Cara Mund? Anti-Trump former Miss America loses Republican primary for North Dakota's sole US House seat

Former Miss America-turned politician Cara Mund, who recognised herself as a staunch anti-Trump Republican, failed the bid to secure the GOP congressional primary to become North Dakota's first female member of the United States House of Representatives.d)..

Mund was the lone contender from her state to win the Miss America title in 2017, at the age of 23..

She was competing in Republican primary to take over the seat vacated by Rep. Kelly Armstrong, who is vying for the North Dakota's executive seat after Gov. Doug Burgum withdrew from the presidential nomination contest and declared he would not seek reelection as governor..

The pageant queen, who had blasted Trump and North Dakota's abortion legislation, lost the campaign to Julie Fedorchak, who garnered 46% of the vote in the state's 1st Congressional District..

Mund's opponent Julie Fedorchak, who formerly served as Public Service Commissioner, earned Trump's support for her campaign, which she has boasted about on her social media accounts..

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