{"id":1206455,"date":"2022-01-11T00:04:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T05:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1206455"},"modified":"2022-01-11T00:04:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T05:04:43","slug":"democrat-rep-elaine-luria-will-face-democrat-opposition-in-reelection-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-elaine-luria-will-face-democrat-opposition-in-reelection-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Rep. Elaine Luria Will Face Democrat Opposition in Reelection Bid"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fdemocrat-rep-elaine-luria-will-face-democrat-opposition-in-reelection-bid%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=1206455&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\/Rep-Elaine-Luria-D-VA-July27-2021-Getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Democrat and U.S. Navy veteran Neil Smith announced he will attempt to unseat Democrat incumbent Rep. Eliane Luria (VA) in the June&nbsp;primary as she bids for a third term in&nbsp;a historically battleground district.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, who most recently attempted to run in the Democrat&nbsp;primary last November for Virginia\u2019s 84th House of Delegates District before&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/offices\/house-of-delegates-84\/election\/10449\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">failing<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;qualify for the ballot, said in his announcement that he \u201cwill be&nbsp;challenging incumbent Elaine Luria for the democratic nomination during the June 21st primary election.\u201d He added, \u201cif elected he will maintain transparency in his decisions and dealings in congress.\u201d<\/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<p>Smith also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeilSmithVA\/status\/1479460759944011783?s=20\">said<\/a>, \u201c[Luria] <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">will have to face me first,\u201d when<\/span>&nbsp;commenting on a local news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wavy.com\/news\/virginia\/rep-elaine-luria-will-seek-re-election-in-virginias-redrawn-2nd-district\/\">story<\/a> from WAVY about Luria\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2022\/01\/06\/vulnerable-virginia-democrat-elaine-luria-announces-reelection-bid-in-historically-battleground-district\/\">reelection<\/a> bid. He argued that the article was framed in a way that suggests the congresswoman would win the primary in June.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WAVY_News?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WAVY_News<\/a> story on Lauria seeking re-election assumes she wins the primary. She will have to face me first. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6MlNt35Beg\">https:\/\/t.co\/6MlNt35Beg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neil Smith (@NeilSmithVA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeilSmithVA\/status\/1479460759944011783?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although Smith will attempt to unseat&nbsp;Luria in the primary, district lines were recently redrawn during redistricting, which could&nbsp;potentially be trouble for any Democrat running in the district.&nbsp;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 Luria\u2019s past elections in&nbsp;Virginia\u2019s Second Congressional District:<\/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 x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/offices\/us-representative-2\/elections\/?year_and_type=2018regular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">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 x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/offices\/us-representative-2\/elections\/?year_and_type=2020regular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">won<\/a>&nbsp;more handily by just over 5.7 percent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><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 last November,&nbsp;voters&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;could foreshadow Republican gains in the midterms later this year.<\/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>Democrat and U.S. Navy veteran Neil Smith announced he will attempt to unseat Democrat incumbent Rep. 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