This week on Flashpoint, WCNC's Jane Monreal talks all things 14th Congressional District with candidates Democratic state Senator Jeff Jackson and Republican businessman Pat Harrigan. Both candidates are veterans who served in Afghanistan, and they discuss their reasons to run for office.

Harrigan says his reasons for going into politics stem from having a family.

The former Green Beret said, "My wife and I have two little girls. And we're very concerned about what kind of America they're going to get to grow up with, and what kind of opportunity they're going to have in their lives."

A state legislator for eight years, Jackson said work needs to be done at both the national and state levels but started his campaign locally.

"I said I'm going to knock on one thousand doors personally over summer. It was Republican. Independent," Jackson said. "It was just a wonderful education about what folks actually want and are talking about. Housing comes up a lot. Water and sewer come up a lot. So the idea is, independent of how people feel about national politics, also have a real local agenda."

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