Twenty-something Frank Broomell may have lost the congressional primary fight against a "political machine" in New Jersey last year, but now he's taken a place in a lower-profile position on the Hill.
Frank Broomell launched a long-shot campaign for New Jersey's First Congressional District seat in 2014 while earning a master's in international and global affairs from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He fell to Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) in the primary and has now joined the office of Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.) as a legislative assistant.
Broomell, a Marine, jumped into the race to challenge the status quo, he told The GW Hatchet last year. He graduated with a bachelor's in international affairs, conflict and security from George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs in 2009.
"I know a lot of young adults who know that just because something has existed a certain way, doesn't mean it should always exist that way," Broomell told the newspaper. "Coming from outside of the political machine adds onto that renewed vigor and energy."
Broomell is covering a range of issues for Kuster, including abortion, armed forces and national security, crime and law enforcement, education, families, foreign trade and international finance, health, housing and community development, international affairs, law, social welfare, veterans' affairs and women's issues.
He served as a Rosenthal Fellow for South and Southeast Asia for the U.S. Department of Defense after losing in the primary.
