John,

My name is Christian Urrutia – I just announced I’m running for Congress in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District because we all deserve better. We need change. 

I wasn’t born into politics or power. I fought to earn my seat at the table. I’m a Latino, the son of immigrants. English is my second language. I went to public schools and took my first job bagging groceries for five bucks an hour at Market Basket, New England's quintessential grocery store.

I put myself through the University of Iowa, substitute teaching during my school breaks, then graduated from Michigan Law during the financial crisis—$200,000 in debt and determined to serve.

So I began a legal career defined by fighting for underdogs, taking on big fights, serving our country, and standing up to power.

I first went to work at my local prosecutor’s office and then went on to practice international law. As a young attorney, I took on a long shot pro bono case—fighting for the widow and children of Victor Jara, the Chilean folk singer who was tortured and executed for daring to stand up against the Pinochet dictatorship. 

The regime tried to silence Jara’s voice. But I believe justice never forgets, decades later, we brought his killer to trial in a U.S. courtroom. It was a fight against impunity, against fear, against forgetting. And we won – helping to pave the way for his killer to be extradited back to Chile to face justice.

At 35, I walked away from a successful legal career and enlisted in the military because I felt a duty to serve. I went through bootcamp, earned my commission at officer school, and now serve as a judge advocate in the National Guard. I have devoted my service as a military lawyer to defending soldiers when they’ve got no one else in their corner.

In 2020, President Biden appointed me to serve at the Pentagon—as Special Counsel in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. I advised the Secretary and the team on some of the toughest national security challenges we faced. And every day, I pushed for a foreign policy rooted in values—not hubris.

Watch our campaign launch video.

So does Congress really need another lawyer in its ranks? 

Yes, it does—the kind of lawyer who fights for human rights, justice, and the Constitution.  

I’m running for Congress because I know what it means to take on big fights — I’ve been doing it my whole life. We need bold, progressive leadership— someone unafraid to take on the powerful and fight for working people. 

With the popular incumbent who holds this seat vacating it to run for Senate, if Democrats want to hold this swing district, which we are barely clinging onto by 3 points, we need a fighter. An outsider. Nominating someone from the establishment that got our nation into this mess will cost us this seat. 

And that’s exactly why I’m in this race. Join me and let’s keep NH-01 blue. Can I count on you to make a donation of $50, $25, or even $5, to help us launch this campaign with some firepower and momentum?

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Let’s fight for a future that finally delivers for working people. Thank you in advance for your support – only together can we make things better.

Christian Urrutia

Democrat for NH-01

Christian Urrutia is a member of the Army National Guard. Use of his military rank, job titles, and photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.

Mail checks to:

Urrutia for New Hampshire

PO Box 4531

Manchester, NH 

03103