Scoop: Former Cia Officer, Air Force Veteran Launches Gop Campaign For Dem-held Ohio District

First connected Fox: Eric Conroy, a U.S. Air Force seasoned and erstwhile CIA lawsuit officer, announced his run to correspond Ohio's 1st Congressional District successful nan U.S. House of Representatives connected Thursday. 

Speaking pinch Fox News Digital up of his announcement, nan Cincinnati autochthonal said southwest Ohio deserves a "common-sense advocate" successful Washington, D.C., who tin thief nan metropolis scope its afloat potential. 

Conroy criticized incumbent Democratic Rep. Greg Landsman arsenic "anything but" that common-sense determination shaper for Ohioans, tying Landsman's argumentation grounds to President Joe Biden's progressive agenda. 

"This is decision-making much on nan lines of an AOC aliases a Nancy Pelosi and not personification from Southwest Ohio," Conroy said of nan second-term Democrat. 

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Republican campaigner for Ohio's 1st Congressional District, Eric Conroy, traveled to Afghanistan arsenic portion of his activity pinch nan CIA. (Courtesy of nan Conroy campaign)

Ohio, erstwhile a reliable plaything state, has shifted to nan correct complete nan past fewer predetermination cycles. Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno, a businessman and governmental outsider, defeated longtime incumbent Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown successful 2024, securing a Republican mostly successful nan U.S. Senate. 

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On nan run trail, Moreno besides tied his Democrat opponent's voting grounds to Biden's, capitalizing connected Ohio's blimpish shift. 

Conroy blamed nan Democratic Party's "lack of initiative, deficiency of foundation, and deficiency of immoderate existent ideas" for Ohio's reddish wave. 

GOP legislature campaigner Eric Conroy served successful nan CIA’s Directorate of Operations arsenic a lawsuit officer.  (Courtesy of nan Conroy campaign)

"Greg Landsman has been a portion of that problem and a portion of that statement that has really grounded to reside immoderate day-to-day issues that group are encountering. Instead, they are focused connected promoting a far-left agenda, which does not put money backmost successful their pockets aliases thief them lick day-today issues," he explained. 

Landsman was elected to correspond Ohio's 1st District successful 2022, unseating erstwhile GOP Rep. Steve Chabot. The Democrat won his re-election run past twelvemonth against Republican challenger Orlando Sonza, an Army seasoned and erstwhile Hamilton County prosecutor. 

Conroy said he would bring a multi-faceted attack to representing Cincinnati successful Washington, D.C., fixed his acquisition increasing up locally, nationally successful nan U.S. Air Force, and internationally astatine nan CIA’s Directorate of Operations, starring intelligence missions astir nan world. 

Conroy, who attended nan Air Force Academy successful Colorado, poses pinch his father.  (Courtesy of nan Conroy campaign)

"I’m moving for Congress because I’ve seen nan threats we look overseas and nan struggles families look present astatine home. It’s clip for caller activity that will guidelines up to nan extremes, reconstruct communal sense, and conflict to make judge nan American Dream stays wrong scope for every Ohioan," Conroy said. 

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Core among Conroy's run promises are a committedness to building nan economy, supporting rule enforcement and securing nan border. The Republican has besides vowed to protect Social Security and Medicare, a hot-button rumor heading into nan 2026 midterm elections arsenic Democrats prehend connected Republicans' Medicaid betterment included successful President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill."