Meet the Former Pro Athletes Running for Congress

Politics has long featured former athletes.

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Meet the Former Pro Athletes Running for Congress — (Right) Austin Theriault, driver of the #51 Jacob Companies Chevrolet in Richmond, Va., on Sept. 20, 2019. (Center) Republican Senate candidate Steve Garvey, in Palm Desert, Calif., on March 5, 2024. (Left) Royce White #30 of the Power reacts in Frisco, Texas on Aug. 6, 2022.Jared C. Tilton, Mario Tama/Getty Images; Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images for BIG3

By Jackson Richman

10/27/2024Updated: 10/30/2024

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Politics is known to be a sport, and this year is no exception.

Three former professional athletes have thrown their hats into the ring to run for Congress in the Nov. 5 election.

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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.