NC congressional candidate, Green Beret with lengthy arrest record says there's a 'push to elect real people'
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North Carolina Republican congressional candidate Tony Cowden has a lengthy arrest history, but the former Green Beret believes his record is "nothing embarrassing," and it might even be a detail that some voters "can relate to."
He added later that "there's a huge push in our society right now to elect real people or normal people," and "the word politician, these days, is not a nice word."
Cowden, a 46-year-old small business owner and veteran who served for eight years in the military and 22 years in the special operations community, is running to represent North Carolina's 3rd congressional district, which stretches from the border of Virginia Beach to South Carolina. He never had "any interest in politics whatsoever" until recently, when he began helping other veterans start political careers through his nonprofit, the American Oath Initiative (AOI).