Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who defended the US Capitol and Congress during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, announced on Jan. 5 he is running for Congress in Maryland.
Dunn had spoken around the country about being assaulted and called racial epithets while protecting Congress and the Capitol from a mob of former President Donald Trump supporters.
He is running as a Democrat to succeed retiring Rep. D. John Sarbanes, representing west Baltimore in Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District.
“On Jan. 6, 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 statement announcing his candidacy.
“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,” he said.
Dunn left the Capitol Police force after a 15-year career in late 2023.
