Rep. Elaine Luria is the kind of up-and-comer the Democratic Party would like to keep in Congress. “When I talk to people across our district, they are very pragmatic, middle of the road,” said Luria, who has endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden. Like Luria's district, which includes Virginia
1 / 3Election 2020 Bernie SandersDemocratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign event, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, in Spartanburg, S.C. RICHMOND, Va. — Rep. Elaine Luria is the kind of up-and-comer the Democratic Party would like to keep in Congress.
She is among the dozen or so freshman members of Congress with national security backgrounds who persuaded voters to throw out an incumbent Republican, and Democrats are counting on them to help maintain control of the House in November. Story continuesOnce a more evenly split swing state, Democrats have won every statewide election in Virginia for the last decade while flipping partisan majorities in the state legislature and congressional delegation. Voter antipathy toward the Republican president, particularly in the state’s fast-growing suburbs outside Washington, D.C., have helped fuel that shift.
Jennifer Wexton, who represents a district in the well-to-do northern Virginia suburbs, has said she won't support Sanders on Super Tuesday. The decision came after Republicans vying for their party's nomination to unseat her suggested she sided with Sanders on key issues.
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