SAN DIEGO – The son of Rep. Duncan Hunter is expected to run for the East County congressional seat his father is giving up in 2008 to seek the Republican presidential nomination.
Duncan D. Hunter, a Marine who served two tours of duty in Iraq, has been helping out in the Alpine Republican's long-shot presidential campaign. He told the Associated Press in Washington that he plans to formally announce his candidacy for Congress next month. "I'm running under my own credentials," said the younger Hunter, 30. "The U.S. Congress needs more military veterans, people who have walked the walk and when they talk the talk aren't accused of being disingenuous."
Rep. Hunter, a 14-term House member and the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, announced in October that this would be his last term. His son is the first major candidate to step forward to run for the 52nd District, a heavily Republican district that stretches from La Mesa to the Imperial County line. |