IVA Founder and CEO Paul Rieckhoff is quoted throughout the Austin American-Statesman’s look at whether Democrat James Talarico can loosen Republicans’ hold on the veterans’ vote in Texas — a state home to 1.5 million veterans, the most of any in the country.
Rieckhoff, who is not taking sides in the Texas race, pushed back on the idea that veterans vote as a bloc: “The veterans’ vote is not as monolithic as you might think.” Officers skew Republican, he told the paper, while the more diverse enlisted ranks tend to be politically independent. He also pointed to DOGE’s cuts at the Department of Veterans Affairs and to unease among veterans over the war with Iran.
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John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, August 26, 2026.
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