Patrick Murray is a military man. The Alexandria Republican uses jargon like “ground campaign” rather than “door-to-door” to describe his approach to winning 8th District votes in his Congressional campaign, announced last week.

“I’m not a politician,” Murray said Wednesday in a phone interview. “That’s not my background. I have a lot to offer but I also have a lot to learn and I want to learn from my constituency.”

Read More from David Sachs at the Alexandria Times.