Kim Weaver, the only Democrat so far to announce a bid to challenge white nationalist US Rep. Steve King in Iowa’s 4th Congressional District in 2018, this evening announced that she is ending that bid because of continuing death threats she began receiving after previously challenging King in 2016.

“While some may say enduring threats are just a part of running for office,” Weaver said in a lengthy Facebook post, “my personal safety has increasingly become a concern.” She also cited concerns about the continued availability of her health insurance in light of GOP efforts to gut coverage for millions of Americans coupled with having “to quit my job and shift to campaigning full-time,” and health problems her mother in Des Moines has been suffering.

Weaver was previously soundly defeated by King in 2016 but rose to national prominence earlier this year after a racist message King tweeted in March saying, “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.” As a result, her campaign contributions, including one from actress Rosie O’Donnell, flourished, although her support waned the following month after the Des Moines Register revealed that she once worked as an internet psychic.

Earlier in the year, Dirk Deam, a popular political science professor at Iowa State University, announced he was considering entering the race, but he ultimately decided against it in late April.

Here’s the full statement Weaver posted to Facebook: