{"id":1195693,"date":"2022-01-07T00:19:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T05:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1195693"},"modified":"2022-01-07T00:19:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T05:19:50","slug":"vulnerable-virginia-democrat-elaine-luria-announces-reelection-bid-in-historically-battleground-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-virginia-democrat-elaine-luria-announces-reelection-bid-in-historically-battleground-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Vulnerable Virginia Democrat Elaine Luria Announces Reelection Bid in Historically Battleground District"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvulnerable-virginia-democrat-elaine-luria-announces-reelection-bid-in-historically-battleground-district%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1195693&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Elaine-Luria-arms-out-couch-ap-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Vulnerable Democrat Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) announced her reelection bid Thursday in Virginia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/virginia-redistricting-congress-supreme-court-of-virginia-a2f50d3ae622a68f7b2aa6d94268c148\">redrawn<\/a> Second Congressional District,&nbsp;a historically battleground district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout my two decades in uniform &amp; now in my second term in Congress, I take my oath seriously. I know that my continued service is not a choice, but a duty to our nation and our values as Americans,\u201d Luria said in a statement that also highlighted the anniversary of January 6. The statement went on:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We cannot allow those who seek to destroy our country from within to prevail. We need representatives and leaders who will uphold and strengthen our laws and institutions, not side with those who try to tear them down. I took an oath to serve. And in this critical moment for our democracy, I intend to continue serving.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fCPdNvAcjL\">pic.twitter.com\/fCPdNvAcjL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elaine Luria (@ElaineLuriaVA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElaineLuriaVA\/status\/1479162425006071811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, even though the&nbsp;second congressional district was redrawn, Luria could still potentially have trouble in her reelection bid. Breitbart News has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/03\/republican-glenn-youngkin-won-in-two-democrat-controlled-u-s-house-districts-in-virginia\/\">reported<\/a> on her past elections:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Luria, whose district is home to the highest per capita U.S. military constituency in the country as well as a vast military-industrial job sector, represents Hampton Roads, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach. She first&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/offices\/us-representative-2\/elections\/?year_and_type=2018regular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">won<\/a>&nbsp;this seat in 2018, beating incumbent Republican and former Navy SEAL Scott Taylor by just over two percent. In the 2020 rematch between the two, she&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/offices\/us-representative-2\/elections\/?year_and_type=2020regular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">won<\/a>&nbsp;more handily by just over 5.7 percent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But, last November, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/02\/republican-winsome-sears-is-first-black-woman-elected-to-statewide-office-in-virginia\/\">during<\/a> the state\u2019s elections,&nbsp;Republicans&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/03\/republican-glenn-youngkin-won-in-two-democrat-controlled-u-s-house-districts-in-virginia\/\">propelled<\/a>&nbsp;Republican candidates Glenn Youngkin and&nbsp;Winsome Sears to become the&nbsp;governor-elect and&nbsp;lieutenant governor-elect.&nbsp;The Republicans did this by overperforming in&nbsp;blue areas \u2014 such as the one Luria represents \u2014 which&nbsp;potentially&nbsp;foreshadowed Republican gains in the midterms later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the&nbsp;second-term congresswoman\u2019s seat appears to be highly sought after by Republicans. She is on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/05\/04\/republicans-expand-vulnerable-democrats-target-list-by-10-additional-seats\/\">list<\/a> of Democrats the House Republican campaign arm, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), hopes to unseat in the next election. The committee has even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/12\/15\/republican-group-releases-christmas-ads-targeting-democrats-on-economic-policies\/\">attacked<\/a> her in the past with campaign ads.<i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vulnerable Democrat Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) announced her reelection bid Thursday in Virginia\u2019s redrawn Second Congressional District,\u00a0a historically battleground district. \u201cThroughout my two decades in uniform &#038; now in my &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1195693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1195693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1195693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1195693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1195693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}