A Navy veteran is announcing a bid to seek the Democratic nomination in Virginia’s coastal 2nd Congressional District, aiming to take the seat back from a GOP congresswoman elected last year.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Navy veteran announced a bid Wednesday to seek the Democratic nomination in Virginia’s coastal 2nd Congressional District, aiming to take the seat back from a GOP congresswoman elected last year.
Cotter Smasal, who runs a nonprofit that honors fallen servicewomen, said in a statement that she is running because she believes “Virginia’s veterans deserve a member of Congress who will honor our promises, not ones, like Kiggans, who vote to take away their benefits, threaten military readiness, and use servicemembers as political leverage,” Cotter Smasal said in a statement. “I feel called to serve, because extremist DC politicians, like Jen Kiggans, fail to support the people of this district.
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