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Cara Mund’s House pitch rides on abortion, outsider appeal

Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D., questions Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Aug. 24, 2020, in Washington. When Cara Mund was competing to become Miss North Dakota, a key part of her platform was increasing the number of women elected to political office. After she went on to win Miss America, she traveled the country to encourage women to use their voice to make an impact. Now, the recent Harvard Law School graduate is taking on the job of candidate herself in a run for North Dakota's House seat as an independent. Mund is running against Armstrong. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)

FILE - Miss North Dakota Cara Mund waves to the audience after being named Miss America during the Miss America 2018 pageant, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Atlantic City, N.J. Mund is running as an independent candidate for North Dakota’s lone U.S. House seat. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray, File)

Former Miss America Cara Mund, right, speaks with a supporter in Bismarck, N.D., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Mund is running as an independent candidate for North Dakota’s lone U.S. House seat. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

Former Miss America Cara Mund poses in front of the North Dakota state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Mund is running as an independent candidate for North Dakota’s lone U.S. House seat. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

Cara Mund’s House pitch rides on abortion, outsider appeal