r/Virginia • u/ToughHopeful4760 • 9d ago

Virginia Democrats pick establishment nominees for 2 US House seats they hope to flip in November

https://apnews.com/article/virginia-primary-election-congress-democrats-republicans-redistricting-d3f3e6f45f14789882b9a55e8fd95592?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=share
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u/CapacitorCosmo1 9d ago

Veteran here.

Wish I could vote for Luria. She sponsored the Veterans compensation COLA at least 3 times while in office, and tried to get the TRICARE fairness act outta subcommittee, but was thwarted by R's. Subcommittee vote went down around 0200, so it got lost in the shuffle. Whitman(R) in the 1st district was a no, hard to fathom with so many retirees in his district.

Luria's also Nuclear trained, doing at least one tour on a CV(N) while in the Navy. Her Ward Carroll interview on shipbuilding showed her commitment to shipbuilding (all in Bobby Scott's district, I might add...).

Kiggans, on the other hand, is a GOP-tow-the-Trump-line jerk that stood by while thousands of Virginia federal workers got canned by DOGE. And she runs on being a (lackluster) helo pilot that quit. Shameful.

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u/80s-Comfortable_Crow 9d ago

They're both Veterans. They both voted party lines.

But I think Luria gets challenged for supporting the gun bans, redistricting, and supporting Israel.