Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Former Rep. Yadira Caraveo of Colorado has halted her attempt to retake her former congressional seat that she lost to Republican Rep. Gabe Evans on Nov. 5.
Caraveo is a pediatrician who represented Colorado's 8th Congressional District for one term but lost to Evans, who received 163,320 votes to Caraveo's 160,871, according to Ballotpedia.
Despite the close election result, Caraveo on Friday said she was ending her candidacy for the seat that has several other challengers for the Democratic Party's nomination, The Denver Post reported.
"This was not a decision I made lightly," Caraveo said in a prepared statement.
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