Texas Rep. Morgan Luttrell announced Thursday that he won’t seek a third term next year, saying the floods that devastated his state earlier this summer led him to conclude that “Texas is where I belong.”
“[Over] the July 4th weekend, standing in floodwaters alongside my neighbors, I had a moment of clarity,’’ the Republican father of two posted on social media. “It reminded me that while the work in Washington is important, my family, my community, and my state need me here – closer to home.”
A retired Navy SEAL who earned two Bronze Stars, Luttrell is in his second term representing the deep-red 8th District, which includes Houston’s northern suburbs and exurbs. In the chamber, he has been an advocate for the use of psychedelic therapy to treat PTSD and has detailed his personal experience with the treatment.
