Meet Ronald Russell, Army vet running for Congress in Maine’s CD1 [Video]

Military veteran Ronald Russell is hoping to challenge Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree for Southern Maine’s Congressional District 1 seat this November. He is one of two Republicans running for his party’s nomination in the June 11 primary.”Maine is my home state,” Russell said. “I got very frustrated with the results of the last election and what I saw happening to this country that I had served for the last 30 years.”Russell grew up on his family’s potato farm in Northern Maine.”It was hard work, but rewarding work,” he said. “I think you see the fruits of your labor, so to speak, on a farm.”A political newcomer, he returned to Maine recently to run for office.”I thought running for office was the way to have an impact,” he said. “I knew I was always coming back to Maine.”Russell attended West Point before serving in the army as an Airborne Ranger and …