LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – On April 11 Lake County Republican Women Federated hosted Lt. Col. Rick Tubbs, a candidate for Congress in the newly created Third Congressional District of California.

The primary election is Tuesday, June 5.
 
Tubbs is a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force Reserves, serving in both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He was the commander of his C-17 squadron and again at Pacific Command Headquarters. He is one of the 51 Combat Veterans for Congress of record who have been endorsed by the Combat Veterans for Congress over the last three years.
 
Born on July 4, 1967, Tubbs was raised in the rural town of North Lake, Wisconsin. Son of a single mother, he began working at the age of 11.

Graduating with honors from Arrowhead High School, he continued  his studies at California State University in Fresno, earning a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Tubbs received his commission as a second lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program.

He graduated from flight training and was assigned to Sheppard Air Force Base, TX, where he spent five years as a T-38 instructor pilot working with NATO allies until transferred to Travis AFB in 1995.  

Capt. Tubbs flew around the globe as an Aircraft Commander of the free world's Strategic airlift asset. He was activated for Operation Iraqi Freedom in Feb. 2003. Two years later, his reserve unit was converted to the world's most modern Strategic Airlift Aircraft, the C-17. Tubbs was promoted to lieutenant colonel in October 2008.  

Today he is the Squadron Commander of the 301AS Squadron at Travis AFB, CA and is still flying C-17s.  Lt. Col Tubbs was awarded two Air Medals and one Aerial Achievement Medal for Combat and Combat Support missions flown in war zones and was awarded numerous service and campaign medals.
 
Tubbs has balanced multimillion dollar military budgets, small business budgets, as well as coordinating with his wife to formulate their family budget. He is highly motivated to balance our national budget.

He pledged to work to grow the economy with jobs, cut unnecessary spending by eliminating fraud and waste, reduce the cost of health care to make it as cost effective as possible. Tubbs also is a strong supporter of increasing the supply of water for California, our Delta, and the agriculture industry.
 
Tubbs was hired as a pilot with United Airlines in 1991, and started a property development and management company in 2001. He and his wife Kristy have been married for over 22 years and are the proud parents of three children.

For more information visit www.ricktubbsforcongress.com or www.combatveteransforcongress.org .