EXCLUSIVE — Retired Army Capt. Sam Brown never saw himself getting into politics.
But after being forced to retire from the military due to an ambush that left 30% of his body burned and the loss of his left index finger, Brown and his wife looked to other ways to serve their country — sparking a decadelong journey of running for public office that began with a conversation at his dinner table.
“I didn’t come up through the political system. I’m an outsider, a veteran who got wounded and, came back,” Brown told the Washington Examiner in an interview. “I really thought the military was going to be my professiona …