5 retired Navy Seals run for Congress

[Rev. Rye]

I've never served but my brother in law is a retired Marine officer. From what I hear from him, within the military there's a strong push toward conservative politics, not to mention religion. This is only relevant to the post-Vietnam era. Before that it may have been different.

Also worth noting, it’s been decades since the US has been involved in a war with broad Democratic support (the first year or two of the Iraq war, perhaps, maybe even the first Gulf War), so it only makes sense that there’d be a heavy selection bias towards the Republicans in the military.