Take a look at our lists of Veterans in the political world. We have a breakdown of how the races for House and Senate are going for veteran candidates, and interactive lists of the 587 Veteran Candidates for Congress we’ve identified, representatives, senators, governors and lieutenant governors, as well as a list of the state-level [...]

One of the inevitable results of an increase in the number of veteran candidates for federal office has been that several incumbent veterans are facing general election challenges. In 21 House races and 2 senate races, the nominees from both major parties have military experience. Most of the veteran incumbents on this list are running [...]

Yesterday, there was an interesting article in the Washington Post about Tommy Sowers, who is a special forces officer running for congress in Missouri against Republican incumbent Jo Ann Emerson. (Full disclosure: Sowers was a participant at our last workshop in April 2010.) The article seems to paint Sowers’s candidacy as something bordering on the [...]

It’s looking like Sandy Adams may become the sole female veteran in the House of Representatives, and the third female ever elected to Congress. Adams, who worked in law enforcement before being elected to the Florida State Legislature in 2002, is trying to unseat freshman Representative Suzanne Kosmas. The Cook Political Report has this race [...]

An acquaintance who works for Patrick Murray’s campaign just emailed me an interesting video of Murray’s opponent, Jim Moran, the Democratic incumbent from Virginia’s 8th District (Northern Virginia). (Full disclosure: Patrick Murray was a participant at Veterans Campaign’s April 2010 workshop.) The clip starts with Rep. Moran talking about GOP “stealth candidates”: “And what they [...]

In Connecticut, Republican senatorial candidate Linda McMahon has released an ad attacking Richard Blumenthal for misrepresenting his service record. The ad features a number of Vietnam Vets criticizing Blumenthal for saying that he served in, rather than during, Vietnam. This is not the first such ad from the McMahon campaign, which previously ran a 30-second [...]