Drew Pritt has dropped out of the campaign for House in Arkansas after what he calls “malicious gossip” on the internet regarding an investigation into whether he stole money from a fundraiser for a wounded veterans.Pritt, a Dem and a serial campaigner, said that he dropped out of the race because he did not have the money, and “I have withdrawn from races before, and it simply is a question of too many hurdles to overcome.” He also added “[that] a few people use the Internet to spread malicious gossip and slander my name just is an added obstacle,” the Arkansas News Bureau reports.
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