Freshman Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-CO) has joked that if you want to look for someone with good judgment, don’t look at someone running for Congress.

But now, serving Colorado‘s Third Congressional District and just at the start of his first term, Hurd is trying to change the culture at the Capitol and prove that nice guys can still get ahead — even in Washington, D.C.

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