Darby and Pfluger to Make Major Campaign Announcement Monday

SAN ANGELO, TX – State Representative Drew Darby (R-San Angelo) will join Republican congressional candidate Lt. Col. August Pfluger (R-San Angelo) at the San Angelo Visitor's Center Monday for a major announcement regarding the Republican primary contest for Texas’ 11th Congressional District.

According to a press release, Representative Darby serves the citizens of House District 72, which includes Coke, Concho, Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Reagan, Runnels, Sterling, and Tom Green counties. In the Texas House, Darby serves as Chairman of the House Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety and the Vice-Chairman of the House Committee on Business & Industry.

Lt. Colonel August Pfluger is a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a decorated fighter pilot with over 300 hours of direct combat against radical jihadists in the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Until launching his campaign in September, August served as a member of President Donald J. Trump’s National Security Council staff, where he was entrusted with our nation’s highest security clearance and charged with advising President Trump on a host of foreign and domestic threats to our nation’s security.

Pfluger is one of several candidates in the Republican primary and Darby also has an opponent March 3.