Jeffrey "Jeff" Brown is a former Republican state assemblyman in New York.
Brown serves as a captain in the 174th Fighter Wing at Hancock Field.
He is currently the ranking minority member of the Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee.
He instead ran for the State Senate, challenging one term Democratic Sen. David Valesky, who unseated Nancy Larraine Hoffmann, in what was expected to be one of the hottest races in upstate New York.
In fact, New York State senate majority leader Joe Bruno invested over $800,000 in Brown's campaign to unseat Valesky.