Over the weekend, CBS Evening News reported on the slew of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans running for Congress across the country this year. The segment highlighted Jill Morgenthaler's bid to unseat GOP Rep. Peter Roskam in the 6th District. Watch her appearance below:
You can view the whole report here.
On a related note, the group VoteVets highlighted their support for Morgenthaler during a Friday conference call featuring Wesley Clark and former Sens. Bob Kerrey and Max Cleland. "The [6th] district is heavy Obama, even though it has more Republican registration," said VoteVets chairman Jon Soltz. "And if there's a race on Tuesday night that has to do with coattails, more than any other race in the country, we feel that this is one of the sleeper House races."
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