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**[[Eric Egland]], another VFF member who is a Major in the U.S. Air Force Reserve who served on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan<ref>Jason Probst, [http://www.thepresstribune.com/articles/2005/08/10/news/top_stories/01danger.txt "Major Danger. Roseville's Egland has worked on WMDs, drug interdiction, other high-profile jobs with the Air Force; Major returned home recently from tour in Iraq,"] ''The Press-Tribune'', August 10, 2005.</ref>, announced July 31, 2007, that he will challenge Rep. [[John Doolittle]] (R-Calif.) in the 2008 Republican primary.<ref name="Egland declares">David Whitney, [http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/300214.html "Doolittle faces primary fight. As Eric Egland declares he is in the GOP race, incumbent's aide says competitors welcome,"] ''Sacramento Bee'', July 31, 2007.</ref>

**Egland helped Doolittle "defeat Democratic challenger [[Charlie Brown]]"<ref>[http://www.politics1.com/ca.htm California Candidates: District 4], ''Politics1.com'', accessed July 18, 2007.</ref> in the [[2006 congressional elections]]. In the fall of 2006, he "organized a group of veterans to oppose Doolittle's Democratic challenger, Brown, a retired Air Force officer who is seriously weighing another run next year." <ref name="Egland declares"/>

* '''VFF State chapter leader was recruited by GOP to challenge Democratic congressman in 2006 elections; was profiled in ''Weekly Standard:'''