Richard and Carol Lyman have released a statement after they dropped out of the Utah Gubernatorial race.
People cast their ballot in the presidential election at Freedom Academy elementary school on November 8, 2016 in Provo, Utah.
“With deep sadness, we are withdrawing our names from the ballot as candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the great state of Utah. Before we even submitted our candidacy, a plan was already in motion to push us out of the race. This plan culminated in a frivolous lawsuit that we simply cannot afford to fight. The claims in this lawsuit are false, and we want to make it unequivocally clear that we did nothing wrong and broke no laws.
The statement released also said Carol Lyman had broken her femur "days after knee surgery on the same leg," causing campaigning to be difficult for the pair.Richard Lyman said he wanted to focus on homelessness, addiction and mental health, hoping to be there for Utahns who had struggled with these issues.
The pair dropped out of the race Thursday after Phil Lyman, another write-in candidate for Utah governor, filed a lawsuit against them, claiming the Cox campaign paid them to run.
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