Richard Ojeda spent 24 years in the U.S. Army, serving tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Haiti. Fifteen of those years were spent in Fayetteville at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, where his daughter was born and his family was raised. Through service, North Carolina became his family’s forever home. After retiring from the military, Richard moved to be near his aging parents in West Virginia, where he continued his service by teaching JROTC at a local high school, passing on what he’d learned to kids from the same hills he grew up in.
In those halls, he saw just how deep the people at home were hurting. So he ran for the State Senate – and won. In a superminority, he got things done, from passing medical cannabis legislation to standing shoulder-to-shoulder with teachers during the historic strike that sparked a movement across the nation.
After his service in the Senate, Richard and his family returned home to North Carolina, bringing both his parents and his in-laws with him. He had no plans to get back into politics, but the state of our union became too much to bear. Now, he’s ready to fight again – standing shoulder-to-shoulder with his neighbors and taking their fight all the way to the halls of Congress.
Richard Ojeda spent 24 years in the U.S. Army, serving tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Haiti. Fifteen of those years were spent in Fayetteville at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, where his daughter was born and his family was raised. Through service, North Carolina became his family’s forever home. After retiring from the military, Richard moved to be near his aging parents in West Virginia, where he continued his service by teaching JROTC at a local high school, passing on what he’d learned to kids from the same hills he grew up in.
In those halls, he saw just how deep the people at home were hurting. So he ran for the State Senate – and won. In a superminority, he got things done, from passing medical cannabis legislation to standing shoulder-to-shoulder with teachers during the historic strike that sparked a movement across the nation.
After his service in the Senate, Richard and his family returned home to North Carolina, bringing both his parents and his in-laws with him. He had no plans to get back into politics, but the state of our union became too much to bear. Now, he’s ready to fight again – standing shoulder-to-shoulder with his neighbors and taking their fight all the way to the halls of Congress.
