Bryan Newell has qualified to run for the Republican nomination for Congress in District 3 in east Alabama.
Alabama 3rd District congressional candidate Bryan Newell of Moody and his wife Lourdes. Newell has qualified for the Republican nomination to seek the seat held by U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks. Alabama native Bryan Newell returned to his home state from Hawaii in 2018 after a 22-year Army career, moving to Moody to help take care of his aging parents.
“Once you get back right with God, then you can hear the whisper,” Newell said. “And the whisper told me it was time for me to run. Because that was a dream He planted in my head years ago.”R-Saks, since 2003. Newell is the only challenger to Rogers so far. Qualifying started Oct. 16 and ends Nov. 10. The primary is in March.Newell, who retired from the Army as a sergeant first-class, resigned from his job with Community Coffee in September to concentrate on the race.
Newell said reckless government spending, the federal deficit, illegal immigration, and other problems drew him into the race because he said they are the result of poor leadership in Washington. He studied auto collision repair at Northwest Shoals Community College and opened a body shop in Haleyville. He eventually rejoined the Army after a move to Hawaii. He served from 2003 to 2018, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
As for others who cross borders illegally, Newell said the military has the technology and expertise to stop that flow. “When my dad was looking at a dad gum board, he used to cut a lot of wood, and he’d be like, ‘That’s as crooked as a politician,’” Newell said. “Well guess what? That’s what he was talking about, is politicians like we’ve got right now.
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