Former SEAL elected to the U.S. Senate
During the campaign, Tim Sheehy admitted lying about a bullet wound he claimed he suffered in Afghanistan
Updated to reflect seven former SEALs won election to Congress Tuesday.
Republican Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL officer whose campaign was dogged by accusations that he lied about his service, was elected to a U.S. Senate seat in Montana.
Sheehy, who turns 39 this month, became the first former SEAL to hold a seat in the U.S. Senate since Medal of Honor winner Bob Kerry, D-Neb., left office in 2001. Six other former SEALs will be serving in the House. Newcomer John McGuire, R-Va., was elected Tuesday, joining five incumbent former SEALs who won re-election.
Sheehy was awarded a Bronze Star for valor and a Purple Heart but faced sharp questions for months over a bullet wound he claimed he suffered in 2012 in Afghanistan. Evidence emerged that Sheehy had made up the story.
In 2015, Sheehy told a ranger in Glacier National Park that he accidentally shot himself in the right arm when his Colt .45 revolver fell and di…