{"id":16493,"date":"2025-12-10T13:16:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/spanberger-endorses-elaine-luria-in-her-house-comeback-bid\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T13:16:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:16:48","slug":"spanberger-endorses-elaine-luria-in-her-house-comeback-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/spanberger-endorses-elaine-luria-in-her-house-comeback-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanberger endorses Elaine Luria in her House comeback bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is endorsing her former House colleague Elaine Luria&#8217;s comeback bid in the latest effort by Democrats to clear the primary in a highly targeted purple district. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am excited to support Elaine Luria\u2019s campaign for Congress, because Virginians deserve a dedicated public servant who is focused on delivering for the people of Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore,\u201d Spanberger said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Both women flipped GOP-held seats in the 2018 midterms and became part of a bloc of incoming House Democrats with national security backgrounds. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since our first campaign together when we made history in 2018, Governor-elect Spanberger and I have worked closely together to lower prices, cut health care costs, and invest in Virginia. I look forward to continuing our work together to lower costs for working families and deliver for the people of Hampton Roads,&#8221; Luria said. <\/p>\n<p>The district, which is currently represented by GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans, is the most competitive in Virginia and has flipped between parties four times over the past two decades. <\/p>\n<p>Virginia Democrats expect it to become bluer in a potential redraw. Navy reservist James Osyf suspended his Democratic campaign Tuesday, saying in a statement he would &#8220;await clarity on the outcome of the Commonwealth\u2019s redistricting plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is endorsing her former House colleague Elaine Luria&#8217;s comeback bid in the latest effort by Democrats to clear the primary in a highly targeted purple district. &#8220;I am excited to support Elaine Luria\u2019s campaign for Congress, because Virginians deserve a dedicated public servant who is focused on delivering for the people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}