Pete Hegseth: From war zone to Senate campaign
Trading the battlefield for a political battle, Pete Hegseth launched his campaign for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate on Thursday.
Just returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan, Hegseth, 31, has never run for public office and is launching a campaign against a popular Democratic incumbent with just months to go before the August GOP primary. But he says he has the ideas and drive that Minnesota needs.
"There's a reason we got into this race late.