Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) has her defining moment on the Jan. 6 committee as she faces her toughest election yet.
Rep. Elaine Luria , departs after speaking at a Nuclear Fuel Supply Forum on July 19 in Washington. It was the moment Rep. Elaine Luria evacuated her office on Jan. 6, 2021, after police found pipe bombs on Capitol Hill. A year later, on Jan.
Those dynamics make Luria somewhat of the Democratic version of fellow committee member Rep. Liz Cheney — at least without the abuse from her own party or the national star power.With the exception of her looming prime-time role, Luria by contrast has largely done the grinding work of the committee from behind the scenes.
“She was one of the first ones, really, to be so outspoken about it — as the weight of the evidence has become overwhelming, I think more and more of us have been speaking out,” he said. The Virginia Beach-anchored district now tilts two points in the GOP’s favor after its boundaries were redrawn at the end of last year, according to analysis from the Cook Political Report. Biden just barely eked out a win in 2020, while Gov. Glenn Youngkin won it by double-digits last year.
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