Former CIA operative Valerie Plame, whose cover was blown by George W. Bush administration officials in a major scandal in the run up to the Iraq War, will run for an open House seat in New Mexico.

Plame filed papers Wednesday to formally open a campaign committee. A Democrat, she will run for the seat held by Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), who is running for a Senate seat.

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“Over 10 years ago, I chose to make New Mexico my home and it has become my heart,” Plame said in a statement on her new website. “I have lived all over the world and have never felt more connected to a place and its special people than in the Land of Enchantment.”

Wilson published an op-ed in 2003 casting doubts on the administration’s claims, used to back up assertions that Iraq was pursuing weapons of mass destruction.

"I moved the day after Vice President Cheney’s chief aide Scooter Libby was convicted for his role in outing my true CIA identity,” Plame said in a press release Thursday morning. "I had traveled the world as part of a military family and then throughout my career. New Mexico was the first place that felt like home and that’s what it has been ever since."

Plame is likely to face a crowded Democratic field in the race to replace Lujan. The Santa Fe County district attorney and a sitting state representative are already in the race, and several other elected officials are considering runs.