Reinforcements for the CIA Democrats in the 2022 elections: Part one

 The influx of military-intelligence operatives into the ranks of the Democratic Party in Congress is now an ongoing political trend

• There were 30 such candidates nominated by the Democrats in 2018, 11 of whom won, and 35 in 2020
• In 2022, the total number of such candidates stands at 34: in addition to 11 incumbents, there are 23 more candidates drawn from the CIA, Pentagon and State Department.

The number of CIA Democrats seeking reelection in the House is back to 11

• There are 23 new military-intelligence candidates running as Democratic nominees for Congress this year, a substantial proportion, nearly 10 percent, of the 252 available Democratic nominations.
• Twelve of these are running in districts carried by Joe Biden in 2020, six in districts narrowly won by Donald Trump, and five in districts that are considered competitive.

Max Rose

• Rose is running in New York's 11th Congressional District for the third consecutive election, having won in 2018 and lost in 2020
• In 2018, his campaign website described him as a proud veteran of the U.S. Army who served as an active duty officer in Afghanistan and Iraq, and is also Ranger-qualified
• Pat Ryan won a special election in August to fill the vacancy created when two-term Democratic Representative Antonio Delgado was appointed lieutenant governor of New York
• After an education at West Point, Ryan deployed twice to Iraq as an Army intelligence officer

Conole is favored to win the open seat created when the Republican incumbent, four-term representative John Katko, retired at the age of 60

• Katko was one of the 10 Republican House members who voted to impeach Trump after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol
• He was facing multiple right-wing challengers in the Republican primary, as well as contesting a district that had voted for Biden and had been redistricted to make it even more favorable to the Democrats

Pennsylvania

• Republican Brian Fitzsimmons, a three-term incumbent, is a former FBI agent.
• Ashley Ehasz, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, is running to succeed him in the First Congressional District
• Chris DeLuzio, a former Navy officer and Iraq War veteran
• Dan Davis, a graduate of the US Air Force Academy and former operations officer
• Jeff Jackson
• A military officer turned North Carolina state senator
• Eric Lynn
• Running in Florida's 13th Congressional District

John Lira

• a former Marine and Iraq war veteran, is the Democratic candidate in the 23rd Congressional District of Texas
• This is one of the largest districts in terms of land area, extending from San Antonio to El Paso, and encompassing the US-Mexico border along the Rio Grande as far south as Laredo.

California

• Kermit Jones, a former Navy medic and White House fellow, is the Democratic candidate in the Third Congressional District of California, which has no incumbent because of redistricting
• While he has worked as a medical doctor for the past several years, Jones has a highly political background, as evidenced by his years in Washington D.C.
• Jay Chen is challenging Republican incumbent Michelle Steel

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