LOS ANGELES _ Actress-turned-conservative commentator Stacey Dash is calling her congressional candidacy quits a little over a month after jumping into a Los Angeles House race.
Dash tweeted a statement that she is "withdrawing" from the race because "the overall bitterness surrounding our political process, participating in the rigors of campaigning, and holding elected office would be detrimental to the health and wellbeing (sic) of my family."
She will still appear on the June 5 primary ballot as a Republican "Actress/news analyst."
Dash had a rough road to get out of the primary in the race to represent a Los Angeles district where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 61 percent to 10 percent. She was aiming to oust Democratic freshman Rep. Nanette Barragan.
The short-lived Dash candidacy shook up Barragan's otherwise straight-forward re-election race. Compton's Democratic mayor, Aja Brown, launched a last-minute bid, citing Dash as a "motivating" factor in her decision.
Dash quit the race one day before the end of the financial quarter but still will have to file federal paperwork by mid-April if she raised or spent more than $12,500 for the campaign.
