{"id":2538698,"date":"2026-01-16T02:27:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T07:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-surgeon-credited-with-saving-duckworths-life-enters-nj-congressional-race-10\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T02:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T07:28:17","slug":"army-surgeon-credited-with-saving-duckworths-life-enters-nj-congressional-race-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-surgeon-credited-with-saving-duckworths-life-enters-nj-congressional-race-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Army surgeon credited with saving Duckworth&#8217;s life enters NJ congressional race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farmy-surgeon-credited-with-saving-duckworths-life-enters-nj-congressional-race-10%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2538698&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Adam Hamawy, a New Jersey physician and former U.S. Army officer who served eight years and spent nine months as a combat surgeon in Baghdad, has announced his campaign for New Jersey&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >12th congressional district<\/a> too succeed retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman. Hamawy, who treated Sen.Tammy Duckworth after her helicopter was attacked in Iraq and is credited with saving her life, says his priority is shifting federal spending away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vice-presidential-short-list-pros-and-cons-of-nine-hopefuls\/\" title=\"Exploring Pros and Cons of Nine Candidates for Trump&#039;s Vice President\">foreign military interventions<\/a> and toward healthcare, education and housing at home.In his launch statements he criticized U.S. bombing abroad and framed his candidacy as rooted in hands-on experience caring for veterans and families, promising to &#8220;put humanity first&#8221; as he competes in a crowded Democratic-leaning race.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Army surgeon credited with saving Duckworth&rsquo;s life enters NJ congressional race<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-jersey\/\">New Jersey <\/a>physician who saved Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tammy-duckworth\/\">Tammy Duckworth&rsquo;s <\/a>(D-IL) life during the Iraq War as a combat medic is running for House.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Hamawy announced his campaign for New Jersey&rsquo;s 12th congressional district Thursday in hopes to succeed Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4421260\/house-democrats-hopes-raised-nonpartisan-index-shifts-18-seats\/\">House Democrats&#8217; hopes buoyed after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nonpartisan-index-hands-democrats-new-years-present-with-18-rating-shifts\/\" title=\"Nonpartisan index hands Democrats New Year&#039;s present with 18 rating shifts\">nonpartisan index shifts 18 seats<\/a> toward blue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4420954\/former-top-new-york-republican-announces-run-connecticut-governor\/\">Former top New York Republican announces run for Connecticut governor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4420322\/candidates-flock-bid-marjorie-taylor-greene-house-seat-georgia\/\">Twenty-two candidates flock to make bids for Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s House seat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Jersey &ndash; we all know it: it&rsquo;s getting harder and harder for families to make ends meet. Americans deserve healthcare, education, and housing, not their tax dollars funding bombs and occupation,&rdquo; he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HamawyForNJ\/status\/2011794559995351242\">wrote on X.<\/a> &ldquo;I&rsquo;m running for Congress in NJ-12 to fight for an America where everyone can thrive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video featured-post-video in-content bridtv\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2474376\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video-placeholder\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding-top:56.25%;background-color:#000;\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100%;height:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He suggested the main reason for his run was to redirect funds from foreign policy or intervention to healthcare and education.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re able to bomb Venezuela, we&rsquo;re bombing Nigeria, we&rsquo;re bombing Gaza &ndash; why don&rsquo;t we have enough money to fix our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-county-health-officials-urge-residents-to-wear-masks-at-home-to-protect-vulnerable-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"L.A. County health officials urge residents to wear masks at home to protect vulnerable | One America News Network\">health care system<\/a>? Why don&rsquo;t we have money to fix our education?&rdquo; Hamawy asked. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m running.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hamawy spent 8 years as a U.S. Army officer and deployed for a nine-month stint as a combat surgeon in Baghdad during the Iraq War. He treated Duckworth after her helicopter came under attack by Iraqi insurgents. <\/p>\n<p>The 56-year-old expressed pride in Duckworth&rsquo;s accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I treated hundreds of people in Iraq when I was there: soldiers, Marines, airmen,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Many of them went on to do great things,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;One of them ended up being a senator, and for me, that shows that my work actually made a difference.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;ll join a crowded race to replace Watson-Coleman, who is retiring after a more than 10-year stint in Congress. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4420345\/democrat-led-states-push-anti-ice-bills-may-violate-supremacy-clause\/\">DEMOCRAT-LED STATES PUSH ANTI-ICE BILLS THAT MAY VIOLATE SUPREMACY CLAUSE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He says the difference for him compared to others in the race is that he&rsquo;s not afraid to get his hands dirty.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Politics was never my plan,&rdquo; Hamawy said in his launch video. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;ve lived these struggles hands-on. I&rsquo;m running for Congress to fight for health care, for our veterans, for all of us here at home &ndash; and to put humanity first. I&rsquo;ve gotten my hands dirty my whole life. Now I&rsquo;m ready to do it again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Army medic who saved Duckworth to run in NJ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2538699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/t-duckworth.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[71088,36274,71085,45003,71094],"class_list":["post-2538698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-army-surgeon","tag-congressional-race","tag-new-jersey-politics","tag-tammy-duckworth","tag-veterans-in-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/t-duckworth.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2538698"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2538702,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538698\/revisions\/2538702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2538699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2538698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2538698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2538698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}