- Target:
- CAGOP, National GOP, CPAC & other Political giving organizations
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- www.veterans-first-foundation.com
Information as to why we need more Veterans elected for an article in (Reuters) NOVEMBER 7, 2018 / 10:44 AM By Barbara Goldberg-
The freshman class of the new Congress will boast the largest number of military veterans in nearly a decade, including a record number of former servicewomen, bolstering a corps of ex-military lawmakers that have been depleted in recent years.
More than 150 military veterans ran as either Republicans or Democrats for the U.S. House of Representatives, at a time when the number of former servicemen and women in Congress is near a historic low as older members retire or have left for roles in the Trump Administration.
Voters elected more than 75 veterans to Congress, said Seth Lynn, a former Marine who serves as executive director of the Veterans Campaign, which has tracked veterans campaigning for the U.S. House for the last decade. Of veterans who won their races, 16 will serve their first terms, outnumbering the freshman class of 14 veterans elected in 2016 and 12 in both 2014 and 2012.
Some observers credited veterans’ victories in the 2018 congressional races to the public’s weariness with partisan politics.
“Veterans have a formative experience in their 20s that makes them likely to put country ahead of party,” said Jason Mangone, a former Marine and co-author with General Stanley McChrystal and retired Navy SEAL Jeff Eggers of “Leaders: Myth and Reality.”
“That’s the sort of leadership we really want to see. Particularly out of these young veterans,” Mangone said.
We the undersigned Americans, call on the CAGOP, National GOP & all other Local & National political organizations to "Help & support Veteran Candidates for Elected offices up and down the Ballots".
Showing that we Value their Experience of Service and their Devotion to Our Great Nation!
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