Harry Dunn, one of the many Capitol Police officers who defended the building during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and who later told his harrowing story of violence and racism he experienced that day, announced he is running for Congress.
Dunn will run as a Democrat for the seat in Maryland’s 3rd District, which is currently held by Rep. John Sarbanes, a Democrat who said he would not seek reelection after nine terms.
“On January 6th, 2021, I did my duty as a police officer and as an American and defended our nation’s Capitol from violent insurrectionists,” Dunn said in a news release. “Today, I’m running for Congress because the forces that spurred that violent attack are still at work and as a patriotic American, it is my duty to defend our democracy.”
