Our analysis does not include nonvoting delegates or commissioners. Not all this information was available for every candidate. Veterans who served in more than one military branch were counted in each of the branches they served in. For candidates who did claim veteran status, we noted which branch of the military they served in (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard), which level or levels they served at (full-time active duty, reserve forces, National Guard), their years of service, their final rank, any specialty (such as JAG Corps, medical corps or Special Forces) and whether they had served overseas in an active combat role. We used these sources to determine each candidate’s gender and whether or not they identified as a veteran or claimed to have served in the military. For non-incumbents, we consulted a range of sources, including campaign websites, independent electoral information providers (including Ballotpedia and Project VoteSmart), the National Conference of State Legislatures and media reports. In that earlier analysis, our main source for military service information for current and former members of Congress was the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. This analysis follows a more extensive look at veterans who ran for Congress or governor in the November 2022 general elections. Among all 97 House and Senate veterans who’ll be serving in the next Congress, 31 are in their 50s, 21 are in their 40s, and nine are in their 30s. While the sources consulted by the Center for this analysis aren’t always specific about when or where members served, it’s clear that most of the veterans in the new Congress are from the post-Vietnam era. (The first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress, John Murtha of Pennsylvania, won his seat in 1974.) Between 19, at least 70% of members in each chamber had military experience, reflecting the mass mobilizations of World War II and the Korean War. The next House will still have one of the smallest shares of veteran members in modern times. The number of senators who are veterans, 17, will stay the same.Īlthough 191 veterans won their parties’ nominations for House seats in 2022, only 80 of them won in the general election – and 62 of the victors were incumbents. That’s up from 75, or 17.2%, in the outgoing Congress. House of Representatives will have 80 members who’ve served in the military at some level, or 18.4% of the total membership, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of this fall’s election results.
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