Video: Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02) Campaign Releases “Oath,” Highlights the Navy Veteran’s Continued Service to Support and Defend Constitution 

Luria Campaign Releases “Oath,” Highlights the Navy Veteran’s Continued Service to Support and Defend Constitution 

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – A 20-year Navy veteran and former small business owner, Congresswoman Elaine Luria (VA-02) released her first television ad of the 2022 cycle today, titled “Oath.”

The one-minute ad highlights the oath that Congresswoman Luria took at 17 years old to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and how she continues to live up to that oath in Congress.

“I first took the oath to support and defend the Constitution at 17 years old, and I lived up to that oath for two decades serving in the US Navy,” Congresswoman Luria said. “As many across the country attempt to subvert the rule of law and undermine our democratic institutions, I will continue to live up to my oath every day in Congress by faithfully executing the laws of the United States, preserving and protecting our democracy, and delivering for Coastal Virginians.”

Congresswoman Luria served for 20 years as a Surface Warfare Officer and nuclear engineer deploying six times—twice forward-deployed on ships stationed in Japan—conducting operations in the Middle East and Western Pacific on destroyers, cruisers, and aircraft carriers.

Whether it was enforcing sanctions by boarding Iraqi oil smugglers in the Arabian Gulf, launching jets off the deck of the aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean to simultaneously strike terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan, operating complex nuclear reactors, as second in command of a guided-missile cruiser, or in command of a combat-ready unit of 400 sailors, providing assault craft to support the U.S. Marine Corps: Congresswoman Luria never let politics get in the way of doing what was right and getting the job done.

Congresswoman Luria enters the general election with more than $4.2 million cash on hand.

Congresswoman Elaine Luria represents Virginia’s Second Congressional District, which includes all of Accomack and Northampton Counties, the cities of Virginia Beach and Williamsburg, as well as portions of Norfolk City, Hampton, and York and James City Counties. The new district lines will include all of Accomack, Isle of Wight, and Northampton Counties, the cities of Franklin, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach, as well as portions of Chesapeake and Southampton Counties. Congresswoman Luria serves as the Vice Chair on the House Armed Services Committee as well as on the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee and Readiness Subcommittee, the House Veterans Affairs Committee where she is the Chair of the Disability and Memorial Assistance Subcommittee, and the House Committee on Homeland Security. In July of 2021, Congresswoman Luria was appointed to serve on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. In 2020, Congresswoman Luria was elected to a second term. Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District has been added to the DCCC’s Frontline program for 2022.