Former congressional candidate launches group to support ex-officials, veterans run for office 

Former FBI analyst John Sullivan, who recently dropped a New York congressional bid, is launching a new group to support former public servants running for office, according to plans first shared with The Hill. 

The group, a hybrid political action committee called Integrity PAC, is looking to support candidates who have served in the government or military and are fighting back against President Trump, Sullivan told The Hill.

“We need people like me and others federal servants who’ve actually done the work and held Trump accountable in the past more than ever before,” Sullivan said ahead of the group’s launch.

“This is really looking at those who are then taking that step into the political world and trying to call out what’s occurring from an area of expertise, while at the same time running and offering a voice of how to hold oversight and hold the administration accountable in the next term,” he added. 

Sullivan threw his hat into the political ring last year, adding to a burgeoning number of Democrats looking to take on Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) in the Hudson Valley — a highly coveted swing district that Democrats are eyeing to flip this fall.

A veteran of the agency, he most recently served as section chief of the Intelligence Workforce Development Section in the Directorate of Intelligence at the FBI. The former FBI analyst dropped his bid for Congress in January. 

Sullivan, who worked at the agency for 17 years, said he wanted to create the group to help former public servants make the shift into the political world, noting fundraising can be particularly difficult.

Hybrid PACs, also known as Carey Committees, allow organizations to maintain two different accounts. One account functions like a super PAC, which allows the group to raise unlimited amounts of money to spend on independent expenditures. The second account can give directly to candidates, but is subject to statutory campaign finance limits. 

Sullivan noted there’s almost two dozen former public servants running for office this cycle and said the group is planning to put out their first round of endorsements within the next week or two. 

Democrats have a strong shot at flipping the House in November as the party has overperformed in a slew of races since Trump returned to office, mirroring the anti-Trump sentiment felt in the 2028 midterms.  

“You have folks that are independent, and even those who lean right, that are really concerned about the direction of the country,” Sullivan told The Hill.  

“Presenting an alternative that is somebody who’s focused on these issues in the past and then either been wrongly fired or resigned from their positions over what they’ve seen and want to bring that experience into Congress, really, I can say even in my race, resonated with folks who were multiple time Trump voters,” he added. 

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