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Retired Navy Rear Admiral, POTUS Physician Running for Thornberry’s House Seat

Retired Navy Rear Admiral, POTUS Physician Running for Thornberry’s House Seat
Retired Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson (Source: Navy)

A retired Navy rear admiral and one-time cabinet official nominee is running in 2020 for the seat of the outgoing House Armed Services Committee (HASC) ranking member. Ronny Jackson, who most recently served as the physician to the President from 2013 to 2018, filed to run as the Republican nominee for Texas’ 13th District Dec. 9, the Texas Tribune first reported Monday. Jackson had been mulling a run for Congress for several months, according to reports. A verified Twitter account…

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