Centre-left Chilean presidential hopeful says may skip primary

FILE PHOTO: Senator Carolina Goic, the Christian Democratic Party's presidential candidate, is pictured inside the national Congress in Valparaiso, Chile March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Centre-left Chilean presidential candidate Carolina Goic cast doubt on Monday on the possibility of participating in a primary round, heightening the chance of a fractured left heading into the South American nation's November election.

Earlier on Monday, moderate leftist candidate Ricardo Lagos, who had been struggling with low poll numbers, dropped out of the race after Chile's powerful Socialist Party endorsed leftist independent Alejandro Guillier.