North Carolina Republican Mark Harris said Tuesday he will not run again for a House seat after a new election was ordered due to concerns of corruption in the 2018 vote.

In an email, Harris cited health concerns as his reason not to seek the seat.

He led Democrat Dan McCready by 905 votes in the Nov. 6 election, but state officials refused to certify him as the winner because of allegations of irregularities in the vote.

Harris last week asked the board to order a new election, saying evidence from a probe of possible ballot fraud had undermined confidence in the vote.

“Through the testimony I’ve listened to in the past three days, I believe a new election should be called,” Harris said at a hearing in Raleigh.

“It’s become clear to me that the public’s confidence in the 9th District seat has been undermined to an extent that a new election is warranted.”

Harris denied knowing about an illegal absentee ballot collection program that state investigators said one of his political operatives ran.

Last week, Harris’ son John Harris testified that he warned his father about the absentee ballot scheme used by Leslie McCrae Dowless, the political operative behind the election fraud scandal.

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