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Americans with military service backgrounds hold 14 percent of state-level offices, accounting for hundreds of seats in state legislatures.
Veterans from all branches of the U.S. military hold 1,039 of the 7,383 state legislative seats in the United States, according to new research from the American Enterprise Institute. The report shows how former military members have been attracted to civic engagement in their communities even as the number of veterans serving in the U.S. Congress has fallen.
The research offers the first-ever countrywide snapshot of veterans representing their communities in state legislatures, according to Rebecca Burgess, the author of the report. Burgess said the figure has surprised experts and veterans’ organizations, who anticipated that the count of veterans holding public office would be much smaller.
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