Former Miss America Cara Mund Plans to Run for Congress

Former Miss America Cara Mund Plans to Run for Congress
Miss America 2018 Cara Mund poses for photographers on the 86th Floor Observation Deck of the Empire State Building in New York on Sept. 12, 2017. Mary Altaffer/AP Photo
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BISMARCK, N.D.—Cara Mund, a former Miss America who gained attention by criticizing the organization near the end of her reign in 2018, plans to run for Congress in North Dakota as an independent.

Mund announced her candidacy Saturday and said she would start gathering the 1,000 signatures she needs to get on the ballot, the Bismarck Tribune reported.