Jennifer Williamson, Oregon's former Majority House Leader, has dropped out of the Secretary of State race—and it appears she's blaming it on Willamette Week. Why? We truly have no idea. Yet.

UPDATE: Willamette Week published its story on Williamson last night. Their investigation found that Williamson had regularly dug into her campaign coffers to cover meals, expensive vacations, and rent for campaign space in Salem (where her husband and niece were landlords). Read the story here.

ORIGINAL STORY: According to the alt-weekly, Williamson announced her departure from the race after being interviewed by Willamette Week for a story on campaign spending. The story has yet to be published and Willamette Week isn't giving the public any hints as to what kind of reckless spending Williamson may have engaged in.

Williamson, however, is trying to stay ahead of whatever story's on the horizon. In an email sent to supporters this afternoon, Williamson wrote that "a story currently being pushed in the media... questions my integrity, that of my family, and the legal use of campaign funds."

Here's the closest she gets to explaining the focus of what she calls a "baseless" story: "Let me be clear, I have always followed Oregon campaign finance laws and fully reported all expenditures for travel and other expenses while fulfilling my responsibilities as House Democratic Majority Leader and fact-finding as a state legislator."

Williamson, who was considered one of the race's top candidates, announced her resignation from the race later in the letter.

"I am unwilling to risk our state’s future progress with this distraction," Williamson continued. "I will not allow these politically-motivated and unfounded accusations to distract Oregonians from what matters most in this election for Secretary of State.... For these reasons, I have decided to suspend my campaign for Oregon Secretary of State"

Your move, Willamette Week. Stay tuned.