The Attacks Made a Generation of Candidates. Five Percent of Democrats Think Their War Was Worth It. New polling finds 5 percent of Democrats think the Iraq war was worth fighting and 9 percent say the same of Afghanistan.
Democrats Are Running More Veterans Than Ever. Republicans Still Hold the Seats. Democrats have fielded 294 veteran candidates this cycle, the highest share the tracking has ever recorded.
71 Women Veterans Are Running for Congress in 2026. Most of Them Are Democrats. According to With Honor data, 71 women veterans are running for Congress in 2026, up from 54 in 2018.