Allen West

Lieutenant Colonel Allen West will be running for Congressman for the 22nd Congressional District seat in Broward County, Florida

Allen West was a retired military colonel who served as a commander at the Texas base.West formerly served in Iraq and Afghanistan and was the 2008 Republican nominee to unseat Rep. Ron Klein (D-Fla.) in the state's 22nd district.On October, the National Republican Congressional Committee selected West as one of 32 new members of its "Young Guns" program designed to promote challengers and open-seat candidates in the 2010 midterm elections.

West said on his website: "2010 will present a historic opportunity to reclaim our America. We are at a crossroad where only you can help us become that "city on a hill" that is the American ideal and the American promise."