US Midterms 2026
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Elaine Luria, a Democrat and Navy veteran who represented Virginia's 2nd congressional district from 2019 to 2023, is her party's 2026 nominee in a rematch against Republican incumbent Jen Kiggans.
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Elaine Luria (D) in Virginia’s 2nd District (VA-02) raised $2.7M in Q3 2026 (mid-July to Sept), while opponent Jen Kiggans raised $1.29M. By the end of September, Kiggans led in cash on hand with $1.95M vs.
Elaine Luria (VA-02) leads in a tight race against Jen Kiggans. In a Virginia Beach roundtable on healthcare workforce shortages, Luria held the edge over Kiggans in a Christopher Newport University poll: Luria 46%,…
Elaine Luria (VA-02) is in a tight U.S. House race in Virginia’s Second District against incumbent Republican Jen Kiggans.
In Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District race, former Rep. Elaine Luria holds a narrow 3-point lead over Republican incumbent Rep. Jen Kiggans according to a recent survey (46% Luria vs.
A Christopher Newport University Wason Center poll shows Democrat Elaine Luria leading Republican Jen Kiggans 46% to 43 in Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District, with a 4-point margin of error.
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Elaine Luria, whose full name is Elaine Goodman Luria, was born on August 15, 1975, in Birmingham, Alabama. Her mother Michelle's family immigrated to Jasper, Alabama, in 1906, where Luria's great-grandfather helped establish a Reform Jewish congregation.
Luria graduated from Indian Springs School in 1993 and from the United States Naval Academy in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science, double majoring in physics and history.
She attended the Naval Nuclear Power School in 2000 and earned a Master of Science in engineering management from Old Dominion University in 2004.
Over 20 years as a naval officer, Luria operated nuclear reactors as an engineer and rose to the rank of commander. She commanded Assault Craft Unit TWO, a unit of 400 sailors, from 2014 until her retirement in 2017.
Luria entered politics in 2018, winning the Democratic primary in Virginia's 2nd congressional district with 62% of the vote and defeating Republican incumbent Scott Taylor 51% to 49%. She beat Taylor again in a 2020 rematch, 52% to 46%.
In the House she was vice chair of the Committee on Armed Services in the 117th Congress, chaired the Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, and belonged to the New Democrat Coalition and the Problem Solvers Caucus.
Her Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act was signed into law in 2019.
Luria was one of the original members of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol and co-led its eighth public hearing in July 2022 with Representative Adam Kinzinger. She lost her 2022 re-election bid to state senator Jen Kiggans.
Elaine Luria announced in November 2025 that she would again seek the Democratic nomination in Virginia's 2nd congressional district, which is based in Hampton Roads and held by Republican Jen Kiggans.
She won the Democratic primary with 80.3% of the vote, defeating physician Nila Devanath, Bill Fleming and Patrick Mosolf.
In the November 3, 2026, general election she faces Kiggans in a rematch of their 2022 race, along with independents Matt Baker, a U.S. Marine veteran, and Bishop Staten, a civil servant.
In September 2026, Luria sued the Virginia Department of Elections in an attempt to remove Staten from the ballot.
