Alek Skarlatos has compiled quite a resume since his former days as an Oregon National Guardsman. Skarlatos became world famous in 2015 when he and two friends, U.S Airman Spencer Stone, and Anthony Sadler, helped stop an armed man who was on the same Paris-bound train.

Hailed as a hero, Roseburg’s Skarlatos went on to compete on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” and played himself in director Clint Eastwood’s 2018 movie, “The 15:17 to Paris,” which told the stories of the friends, and how they came to be together on the train in Europe.

Now, Skarlatos is making his second run for political office, announcing that he’s a candidate for Congress. In a video, an announcer talks about “Oregon values,” and Skarlatos’ heroism.

By contrast, the narrator says, incumbent Congressman Peter DeFazio, who currently represents Oregon’s Fourth Congressional District, epitomizes “Washington, D.C. values.” DeFazio, a Democrat, is also criticized for standing with “the radical left,” his "F" rating from the National Rifle Association, and for supporting the “Green New Deal,” which the narrator says “will destroy Southern Oregon’s economy.”

In the video, Skarlatos says he’s running to represent “the loggers, the veterans, moms, dads and families trying to make ends meet.” Protecting the environment is important, he adds, but he says we must manage our forests, or the “wildfires will do it for us.”

Skarlatos is running in the Republican primary. In his first foray into politics last year, Skarlatos ran for the Douglas County Board of Commissioners, but lost that race.

-- Kristi Turnquist

kturnquist@oregonian.com 503-221-8227 @Kristiturnquist

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