A former assistant D.A. wants to challenge U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry.
Daniel Johnson, 31, had worked for the Wake County district attorney's office for the past three years. He has moved back to his hometown of Hickory to run in the Democratic primary.
"I look around the area I grew up in, and see people struggling with keeping their jobs, affording their health care and just making ends meet," he said in a statement. "It is time for a new brand of leadership."
Johnson served in the U.S. Navy from 1998 to 2000. He received the Navy Marine Corps Medal, the Navy's highest peacetime award for heroism, for saving a crewmate during a 1999 accident on the U.S.S. Blue Ridge that severed both of his legs below the knees.
A graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, he promised to "rise above the divisive politics" of Washington.
Previously: Johnson considers run.
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Great news
Now the people who have been holding their noses and voting for McHenry will have a man of integrity they can support.