Iowa Fourth Congressional District candidate Kyle Larsen announced Monday he is dropping his election bid and endorsing fellow Republican candidate and Siouxland Chamber of Commerce President Chris McGowan.

Larsen, a Republican farmer and land appraiser from Humboldt who vowed to focus his platform on “faith, family and farm,” cited campaign fundraising headwinds and time away from his family as reasons for suspending his campaign in a press release.

“Rural Iowa is struggling and whoever represents Iowa’s 4th Congressional District has to understand that,” Larsen wrote in the press release. “Over the last several months it has become clear that mounting a campaign for this district requires far more funds and time away from family than I can spare. When I entered this campaign, it was to

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