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Via The Virginian-Pilot

Kristin Beck, a transgender former Navy SEAL, is planning a primary challenge to Maryland’s longest-serving U.S. representative, Democrat Steny Hoyer.

The state Board of Elections website shows Beck filed the paperwork Monday.

Beck didn’t immediately respond to an emailed interview request Thursday. The telephone number on her campaign website wasn’t set up.

Beck’s website highlights her military service and criticizes the government’s handling of the home-loan crisis. It says Hoyer “has been too busy helping Wall Street since 2008 to even notice Main Street.”

Hoyer says he’ll work to earn his constituents’ votes in 2016.

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