Duncan Hunter

The congressional Christmas card has become a tradition in recent years. It's a homey touch, and it's been ruled an acceptable use of campaign funds. Mostly it's standard stuff: wife, kids and politician in front of a roaring fire (the Bates model), or wife, kids and politician with Capitol dome in the background (the Lowery model). Duncan Hunter, the conservative Republican from Coronado, has tried to be different.

Wounded soldiers and veterans can now go through airport screening gates without removing their shoes, hats or light jackets, the Transportation Security Administration announced. The TSA's decision to ease screening for wounded soldiers comes about two weeks after the agency came under harsh criticism over the way it screened a wheelchair-bound U.S. Marine at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. In the March 13 incident, critics of the TSA say that screeners humiliated the Marine by forcing him to remove his prosthetic legs and then put them back on to walk through a full-body scanner.

Here in the Republican stronghold of eastern San Diego County, Duncan Hunter the son is attempting to succeed Duncan Hunter the father in the 52nd Congressional District. The elder Hunter is leaving Congress after 14 terms and a failed try this year for the GOP nomination for president. When he first ran for Congress in 1980, he was a 31-year-old combat veteran from Vietnam. His son is a 31-year-old combat veteran from Iraq and Afghanistan.

The secretary of Defense has decided not to overrule his predecessor and posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta of San Diego, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) announced Wednesday. The decision by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta means the Navy Cross awarded to Peralta for heroism during the 2004 battle in Fallouja, Iraq, will not be upgraded to the nation's highest award for combat courage. Hunter had petitioned Panetta to overturn the decision made by then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates in 2008.

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-El Cajon), best known for his advocacy on behalf of the military, launched a longshot bid for the presidency in Spartanburg. Hunter told supporters he wanted to pick up on President Reagan's legacy. He announced plans for a bid in October. South Carolina is an early-primary state.

The 2,500 San Diego employees of General Dynamics who are working on advanced cruise missiles can count on keeping their jobs here at least through the end of the contract in August, 1993, even if Hughes Aircraft consolidates the rest of the missile business elsewhere, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Coronado) said Friday. Hunter and other members of San Diego's congressional delegation met with Hughes Aircraft Chief Executive Michael Armstrong on Friday in Los Angeles.

In past elections, I always voted for the candidates who espoused views similar to mine with little thought to party affiliation. However, after the Republican convention and adoption of their far right, fundamentalist platform, I will not be voting for any Republicans--from the presidency to our local mayoral race. The Republican platform has become one based on hate and intolerance. George Bush, Dan Quayle, Randy Cunningham, Bruce Herschensohn, and Duncan Hunter have taken the "dem" out of democracy and replaced it with a lot of "hyp."

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-El Cajon) planned to announce today that he's considering a presidential run in 2008, a Republican official said. Hunter is the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, a position he would lose if Democrats take control of the House after the Nov. 7 election. A spokesman said Hunter would hold a news conference in San Diego this morning. Hunter, a 13-term incumbent, is a strong conservative who's focused on supporting the military and on stopping illegal

With an embattled incumbent and an aggressive female challenger, the 52nd Congressional District race embodies two of the most distinctive features of Campaign '92. What should have been a routine reelection to a seventh two-year term for Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Coronado) in a comfortable Republican district was changed dramatically by the revelation that Hunter wrote 407 overdrafts totaling $129,225 on his U.S.

Standing at the same San Diego Navy pier where he announced his candidacy more than a year ago, Rep. Duncan Hunter conceded Saturday that his campaign for president was over. "I will take full responsibility for the failure of this campaign to gain traction," Hunter said in a speech to campaign volunteers, friends and onlookers.

Here in the Republican stronghold of eastern San Diego County, Duncan Hunter the son is attempting to succeed Duncan Hunter the father in the 52nd Congressional District. The elder Hunter is leaving Congress after 14 terms and a failed try this year for the GOP nomination for president. When he first ran for Congress in 1980, he was a 31-year-old combat veteran from Vietnam. His son is a 31-year-old combat veteran from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Standing at the same San Diego Navy pier where he announced his candidacy more than a year ago, Rep. Duncan Hunter conceded Saturday that his campaign for president was over. "I will take full responsibility for the failure of this campaign to gain traction," Hunter said in a speech to campaign volunteers, friends and onlookers.

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-El Cajon) won Texas' first GOP presidential straw poll Saturday in a low-turnout event that lacked the top-tier candidates. Hunter got 534 votes, or 41% of the vote. Former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee, who is expected to announce his candidacy this week but was not at the event, came in second with 266 votes, or nearly 21%. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas came in third with 217 votes, or 17%.

Duncan Hunter had already spent an hour serving scrambled eggs at a Rotary Club pancake breakfast and walked a mile in the nearby Amherst Fourth of July parade, and was now more than halfway through another parade in this old farm town on the west bank of the Merrimack River. Hunter, a 14-term congressman from El Cajon in San Diego County, strode from one side of the road to the other, waving, shaking hands and introducing himself. It's a polite crowd; most wave back or take the proffered hand.

For most congressional candidates, Iraq is an issue. For one, it's a destination. But not one that will derail his candidacy, he says. Marine Capt. Duncan Duane Hunter wants to claim the seat now held by his father, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-El Cajon). The elder Hunter, a member of Congress since 1981, is making a long-shot bid for the GOP presidential nomination and has said he will not seek another term in Congress if he fails.

The son of Rep. Duncan Hunter, the El Cajon Republican running a long-shot campaign for president, said Wednesday he was "strongly considering" seeking the congressional seat his father plans to vacate at the end of his term. Duncan D. Hunter, 30, said that when it comes to politics, he is "pretty much eye to eye with Dad's views." "I'd say I'm in the conservative wing of the Republican Party," he said.

U. S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Coronado) declared his support Wednesday for Jim Roache's bid to succeed longtime Sheriff John Duffy. "I admire Jim Roache's courage to step forward and challenge the current administration. He will bring the necessary changes and improvements to our county's top law enforcement agency," Hunter said in a prepared statement. Roache is a Lemon Grove sheriff's captain who captured 32% of the vote in last month's primary.

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Coronado) has filed a libel lawsuit claiming his reelection opponent falsely branded him a criminal in radio ads that attack Hunter for writing overdraft checks on the House bank. His challenger in the 52nd Congressional District, Democrat Janet Gastil, called the lawsuit "harassment and intimidation." Gastil said she had been advised by lawyers that the suit was frivolous.

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-El Cajon), best known for his advocacy on behalf of the military, launched a longshot bid for the presidency in Spartanburg. Hunter told supporters he wanted to pick up on President Reagan's legacy. He announced plans for a bid in October. South Carolina is an early-primary state.

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-El Cajon), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, announced plans Monday to make a longshot bid for his party's 2008 nomination for president. Hunter said his campaign would feature the two issues that are his trademarks: support for the U.S. military and opposition to illegal immigration. While other Republicans may be edging away from President Bush over the war in Iraq, Hunter praised the president for his leadership of the U.S.