A Record Number Of Female Combat Veterans Are Running For Congress In November

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It hurts to say this but I honestly don’t care which party they belong to. Although most are Air Force types, they’ve still been in the heat of battle and, I sincerely hope, hate war as much as the rest of us veterans.

Six of the veterans are first-time Democratic candidates pursing House seats — half of them are predicted to win their races or are keeping the polls tight a few weeks ahead of Election Day. The six women are reshaping what has been an area of strength for the Republicans: military service.

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Female candidates ran into that, but military women have that advantage where we don’t get as much question about whether we’re as tough as men,” Duckworth said. “As a woman running for office, having a military background is a real political advantage and it negates the perception that women are not as strong on defense and military issues.”

And we need a whole lot more in Congress who are not career politicians.

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