{"id":42328,"date":"2020-02-25T14:46:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T14:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/25\/key-pipeline-of-candidates-for-congress-saw-number-of-veterans-decrease-in-recent-years\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:41:21","slug":"key-pipeline-of-candidates-for-congress-saw-number-of-veterans-decrease-in-recent-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/02\/25\/key-pipeline-of-candidates-for-congress-saw-number-of-veterans-decrease-in-recent-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Key pipeline of candidates for Congress saw number of veterans decrease in recent years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of veterans elected to state legislature posts dropped nearly two percent in 2018, but the number of women veterans and individuals who served in the recent wars saw significant increases, according to a new study from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/multimedia\/veterans-in-state-legislative-chambers-snapshot-2020-edition\/\" target=_blank>American Enterprise Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trend among statewide elected offices is significant because they often serve as a pipeline for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2016\/03\/23\/chuck-hagel-laments-the-dearth-of-veterans-in-key-national-security-roles\/\" target=_blank>national political offices<\/a>. For donors and campaign managers, success in winning elections at a local level often provides a \u201cproven pathway\u201d for pursuing higher office, the report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Congress, the number of lawmakers with prior military service has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/11\/21\/veterans-in-the-116th-congress-by-the-numbers\/\" target=_blank>declined steadily over the last four decades<\/a>. In the 1970s, nearly three-fourths of House and Senate members were veterans. At the start of the 116th Congress last year, fewer than one in five had served.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/11\/21\/veterans-in-the-116th-congress-by-the-numbers\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18319598170965.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Veterans in the 116th Congress, by the numbers<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">When the next Congress convenes in January, 95 veterans will be among those serving in the House and Senate.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But those numbers could rise in coming election cycles based on increased involvement in local politics by certain groups of veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new report \u2014 written by Rebecca Burgess, manager of AEI\u2019s Program on American Citizenship \u2014 notes that all 50 state legislatures now boast at least two members who served in the military. New Hampshire, which has more 424 state elected posts, has 98 veterans among their cohort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While 10 states saw increases in their veteran representation following the 2018 elections, 35 saw drops. 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More than 40 percent have deployed overseas as part of their military career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women still make up only about 5 percent of all veterans serving in state legislatures, but Burgess said that total still indicates significant growth in recent years and \u201cperhaps a strong line of future female veteran candidates at the national level.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women veterans elected to those posts are more likely to be Democrats rather than Republicans, according to the research. 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