Bree Fram was removed from the Navy in December by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, pictured here at a NATO meeting in Brussels, Belgium, June 5, 2025. (Omar Havana/Getty Images)
Bree Fram, whose military career abruptly ended in December, pledged that "I'm not going to run away from my oath to the Constitution."
"I served 23 years wearing the flag on my shoulder, reaching the rank of colonel. But then Donald Trump fired me, not because of my performance but because of who I am," Fram highlighted Tuesday in a campaign launch video.
Fram said she's running for Congress "because too many Americans are afraid of what the federal government will do to them instead of being confident of what it can do for them."
Virginia is likely to redraw its congressional map ahead of November's midterm elections, as part of the high-stakes redistricting battle between Trump and Republicans versus Democrats. And Fram plans to run in whichever district she resides in once the new congressional lines are finalized.
Fram's hometown of Reston, Virginia, is currently in the state's 11th Congressional District, which is represented by Democratic Rep. James Walkinshaw, who last year won a special election in a landslide to succeed the late Rep. Gerry Connolly, who died from cancer in May. Walkinshaw was a former Connolly chief of staff.
A large field of Republicans and Democrats are running to succeed GOP Rep. Nancy Mace in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. Mace is running for governor this year rather than seek re-election. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Democrats are aiming to flip the right-leaning coastal congressional district in the state's Lowcountry.
"The South Carolina First isn’t a District that Democrats can concede if we’re going to build a lasting and winning coalition, and Nancy is the only candidate in a position to win," said Matt Corridoni, a spokesperson for The Bench, a Democrat-aligned group that highlights it's "building the next generation of Democratic leaders by recruiting and supporting great candidates in tough districts."
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
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