Rep. Elaine Luria’s Busy Week: Won the Second VA-02 Debate, Participated in a Reagan Institute Panel on the Navy, Endorsed By National Security Leaders and The Washington Post

Congresswoman Luria’s Busy Week: Won the Second VA-02 Debate, Participated in a Reagan Institute Panel on the Navy, Endorsed By National Security Leaders and The Washington Post

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA — Former small business owner and 20-year Navy veteran Congresswoman Elaine Luria (VA-02) won her second debate of the cycle, participated in a bipartisan Ronald Reagan Institute and Foundation to discuss strengthening the Navy, and earned the endorsement of National Security Leaders for America and The Washington Post this week.

Congresswoman Luria began the week by winning the second VA-02 debate in Smithfield on Monday. Jen Kiggans continued her election denialism and refused to answer whether or not Joe Biden won a free and fair election in 2020. After the debate, she ran from the stage to avoid questions from local press and once again would not answer a local reporter’s question about whether Joe Biden won the 2020 election. 

On Wednesday, Congresswoman Luria participated in a Ronald Reagan Institute and Foundation panel discussion with former Reagan Secretary of the Navy John Lehman and Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi. The discussion focused on growing and strengthening the Navy through bipartisanship in Congress.

This week, Congresswoman Luria announced the release of her 13th, 14th, and 15th television ads of the 2022 cycle.

“Good Catch,” highlights the Congresswoman’s record of working across the aisle to deliver for Coastal Virginia. “Unfit” highlights Kiggans’ refusal to answer if Joe Biden was fairly elected president after she ran away from several reporters asking the question at the first VA-02 debate. “What’s Best” highlights efforts by Kiggans’ backers in Congress to restrict the rights of women in America by banning abortion nationwide and voting against legislation that would protect the fundamental right to use birth control in America.

Congresswoman Luria also received an endorsement from National Security Leaders for America (NSL4A) this week, a bipartisan organization dedicated to supporting strong national security and democracy. NSL4A is comprised of more than 500 former senior leaders from the military and national security-related government agencies, as well as elected officials at the state and local levels

On Saturday, The Washington Post endorsed Congresswoman Elaine Luria highlighting her bipartisan record of working across the aisle to deliver for Coastal Virginia and slamming Kiggans who “pivoted from the center to the extremes as she eyed a congressional race.”

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.

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