Atty. Gen. Carla Stovall, who recently pulled out of the Republican race for the governor’s office, on Wednesday announced her plans to marry.

Stovall, 45, said she would marry Larry Steckline, 60, over Labor Day weekend. The Aug. 31 wedding will be in St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Grand Lake, Okla.

Stovall said her decision to drop out of the governor’s race April 15 was partly based on her marriage plans. “I like to think I would have had the courage to get out of the race,” she said. “It wasn’t right for me, even before Larry. It just became more obvious once we started dating.”