Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02) Challenges Jen Kiggans (R) to Series of Debates

Congresswoman Elaine Luria Challenges Jen Kiggans to Series of Debates in VA-02

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – Today, Congresswoman Elaine Luria challenged Jen Kiggans to a series of three debates throughout Coastal Virginia.

“The people of Coastal Virginia deserve to know exactly where Jen Kiggans stands on the most critical issues facing our country today instead of the hollow talking points she espouses,” Congresswoman Elaine Luria said. “Coastal Virginians know that I am the only candidate in this race who has a track record of delivering for Hampton Roads in a bipartisan fashion, protecting the right to choose, expanding health care for our veterans, standing up to China, and lowering costs for working families. I hope Jen Kiggans will join me on the debate stage to talk about these critically important issues.”

The debates will be sponsored and moderated by nonpartisan media outlets and civic community organizations. Congresswoman Luria has committed to three fall debates:

October 12th: Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce debate in Virginia Beach

October 17th: Isle of Wight Citizens Association, Carrollton Civic League, Isle of Wight NAACP, and the Central/Southern Citizens Group candidate forum in Smithfield

October 25th: WTKR (Channel 3) televised debate

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 Southampton Counties and the city Chesapeake. 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.

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