Elaine Luria

VA-02

Data Centers and AI
Health Care
Taxes
Monopolies
Money in Politics
Ethics
Everyday Costs
Workers
Social Security
Housing
Wall Street
Abortion
Climate
Immigration
Democracy
War

Attacked tax breaks and handouts for Big Tech and data centers

Meanwhile, Jen Kiggans votes for massive tax breaks for big tech companies to build new data centers in your backyard.Facebook or Instagram ad, October 19, 2026

Supported stronger oversight of data-center development

My proposal would mandate that any data center being built has support from the local community with absolutely no exceptions, does not raise electricity costs by one cent on any other rate payer, and has a closed-loop water system to prevent massive water use that negatively impacts the surrounding community.Candidate questionnaire, Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press, September 23, 2026

That's why I believe that any data center being built needs to have support from the local community with no exceptions, cannot raise electricity costs by one cent on any other rate payer, and must have a closed-loop water system to prevent massive water use that negatively impacts the surrounding community.News story, September 24, 2026

Developer responsibility for infrastructure and utility costs

Enforceable water, energy, and community protections

Supported reining in or regulating Big Tech and AI companies

Unfortunately, this Congress and this Administration have dropped the ball completely on both effectively investing in and advancing American AI capabilities, and protecting workers and children from the negative effects of the technology, including ensuring AI is not automating hiring and firing decisions. With any federal AI regulations, those will be my priorities.Candidate questionnaire, September 24, 2026

Called to reverse the cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, or ACA coverage

Elaine’s Right the Ship in Washington includes a ban on stock trading for members of Congress, restoring funding for Medicaid and ACA premium subsidies, lowering prices on everyday goods, and campaign finance reform.News story, August 12, 2026

We have to restore the $1 trillion that's been cut from Medicaid.News article, October 6, 2026

We need to restore these healthcare benefits. We need to restore the Medicaid. We need to restore the SNAP. We need to get our sailors home. We need to end this warNews story, October 31, 2026

Help rural hospitals stay open by restoring the $1 trillion Jen Kiggans and Donald Trump cut from Medicaid in order to give tax cuts to billionaires.Campaign website, August 24, 2026

So I would go back and I would reverse those Medicaid cuts.Interview, September 4, 2026

Called for lowering prescription-drug prices

- Cut health care costs for working families by cracking down on predatory medical debt collectors, pharmaceutical monopolies, and Wall Street firms buying up hospitals for profit.Campaign website, August 24, 2026

I voted to let Medicare negotiate drug prices and to cap insulin at $35 a month for seniors.Campaign email, October 2, 2026

I was proud to be one of the key votes in Congress to make health care more affordable for Virginia families by proudly standing up to big pharma and slashing prescription drug costs, capping out of pocket expenses for seniors, and capping the price of insulin at $35 a month for seniors. When I’m elected, I will proudly vote to extend the ACA credits and restore funding for critical rural and community health systems that are at risk of closing because of Kiggans’ failed policies.News story, July 7, 2026

allow Medicare to negotiate costs for more prescription drugs, and invest in medical training, technology, and facilities so that no family has to choose between putting a roof over their head and paying for the care that they need.Virginia Mercury, September 28, 2026

In Congress, she fought to pass the PACT Act–the largest expansion of veterans’ health care in our lifetime, cut health care and prescription drug costs, secured direct investments in our communities, and passed legislation to provide three cost-of-living increases for our veterans.Campaign website, August 7, 2026

Cut health care costs for seniors by expanding the number of drugs Medicare can negotiate on and extending the reduced cost benefits to people on private insurance.Campaign website (undated)

I’m proud to have helped pass a bill to lower prescription drug prices and passed the biggest expansion of veterans’ health care in our lifetime – on a bipartisan basis.Facebook/Instagram ad, September 18, 2026

Um but you know, when I was in Congress, we worked on the cutting prescription drug cost by negotiating prescription drugs on for seniors on Medicare, capping cost of insulin, passing the ACA premium subsidies to make healthcare more affordable.Interview, July 9, 2026

I helped cap insulin at $35 a month for seniors, and I'll keep fighting to strengthen the ACA and lower drug prices.Campaign email, August 10, 2026

From lowering ACA premiums, to taking on Big Pharma to cut prescription drug costs, to cutting seniors’ out-of-pocket drug costs and capping insulin at $35 a month, I have a record of delivering affordable and accessible health care for every member of her community.Campaign website, August 24, 2026

Prescription-drug price limits

Called for restoring ACA subsidies

Cut health care costs for the middle class by restoring ACA premium subsidies.Campaign website (undated)

Government price negotiation

I voted to let Medicare negotiate drug prices and to cap insulin at $35 a month for seniors.Campaign email, October 2, 2026

Cut health care costs for seniors by expanding the number of drugs Medicare can negotiate on and extending the reduced cost benefits to people on private insurance.Campaign website (undated)

Called for higher taxes on billionaires and the wealthy

That means repealing billionaire tax cuts so we can restore funding for health care, ending the war in Iran to bring gas prices back down, and stopping the tariffs that have done nothing to help American producers but have done so much damage to the pocketbooks of American consumers.Candidate questionnaire, September 24, 2026

Called for stronger competition and limits on monopoly power

Called for campaign-finance reform to reduce big money's influence

I was proud to support legislation that overturns the disastrous Citizens United decision when in Congress, and I will continue to fight for the For the People Act to restore fairness and power back to the people.Campaign website (undated)

I support banning members of Congress from trading stocks while in office, mandatory jail time for politicians who steal from taxpayers, and getting dark money out of our elections for good.Campaign email, August 10, 2026

Reform Campaign Finance Laws and Get Dark Money out of Politics – The Citizens United decision has allowed dark money, special interests, and the ultra-wealthy to corrode and abuse our political system and democracyCampaign website, August 24, 2026

Congress must pass a law to significantly reduce the influence that dark money and special interests have on our elections and in our system.Campaign website (undated)

The Citizens United decision has allowed dark money, special interests, and the ultra-wealthy to corrode and abuse our political system and democracy.Campaign website (undated)

speaker's, you know, number one priority bill was that we were going to end the influence of dark money in politics by essentially overturning the Citizens United decision which allows that type of dark money spending.Interview, July 9, 2026

overturns the disastrous Citizens United decision when in Congress, and I will continue to fight for the For the People Act to restore fairness and power back to the people.Campaign website, August 24, 2026

Called to overturn Citizens United

The Citizens United decision has allowed dark money, special interests, and the ultra-wealthy to corrode and abuse our political system and democracy.Campaign website (undated)

Called for banning stock trading by members of Congress

Elaine will continue to call for a ban of Members of Congress on trading stocks in officeNews story, June 19, 2026

I support banning members of Congress and their families from trading individual stocks while holding office.Campaign website, August 24, 2026

So, I think we need to end um individual uh end members of Congress owning individual stocks.Interview, July 9, 2026

I think we need to end um individual uh end members of Congress owning individual stocks. I think we need to put a kabos on things like these prediction marketsInterview, July 9, 2026

* A ban on members of Congress trading stocks.Campaign email, October 2, 2026

A stock trading ban for members of Congress. If you write the rules, you shouldn't get to bet on themCampaign email, September 13, 2026

* A ban on members of Congress trading stocks. If you write the rules, you shouldn't get to profit from them.Campaign email, October 2, 2026

That’s why we need to ban members of Congress from trading stocks and send Jen Kiggans home.Post on X, October 13, 2026

* A stock trading ban for members of Congress.Campaign email, September 13, 2026

If you write the rules, you shouldn't get to bet on them.Campaign email, September 13, 2026

Supported stronger conflict-of-interest and ethics rules

I believe that members who steal taxpayer funds, including blatant tax evasion, should serve mandatory jail time and be expelled from Congress.Campaign website (undated)

Members of Congress, congressional staff, executive branch employees, and political appointees should not use nonpublic information to buy, sell, or exchange prediction market contracts related to political outcomes or government policy.Campaign website (undated)

I think we need to end um individual uh end members of Congress owning individual stocks. I think we need to put a kabos on things like these prediction marketsInterview, July 9, 2026

Called out Trump's corruption, self-dealing, or profiting from office

Hampton Roads needs a fighter who is ready to take on Jen Kiggans and the most corrupt administration in history who are raising prices on working families in Virginia while giving tax breaks to their billionaire donors,” Rep.Campaign website, August 7, 2026

We need Congress to work for the working people of this country, not just Donald Trump’s friends and Kiggans’ ultra-wealthy donors.Campaign website (undated)

If he succeeds, we’re facing at least two more years of unchecked corruption, endless war, degradation of our military, failed economic policies, and deadly health care cutsFacebook/Instagram ad, September 24, 2026

these comments that just seem completely inappropriate and against, you know, every ethical rule for someone in public service that, you know, then ties to things that his family is involved in and is profiting off of.Interview, August 27, 2026

ethical rule for someone in public service that, you know, then uh ties to things that his family is involved in and is profiting off of.Interview, August 27, 2026

Neither of those is okay.Campaign email, August 10, 2026

Instead, they have continually squeezed Virginia families by driving up inflation and raising prices on everything from health care and housing to gas and groceries while giving tax breaks to their billionaire donors,” Rep.Campaign website, June 26, 2026

That’s unacceptable, and we must reform the current system so that those with money and connections don’t get special treatment.Campaign website, August 24, 2026

She went to Washington to vote 100% of the time with Donald Trump and the most corrupt administration in American history to give tax breaks to her billionaire donors and support another endless war in the Middle EastNews story, July 23, 2026

Plus did four years in Congress fighting the most corrupt administration in our history.Paid ad transcript, August 7, 2026

Reforming the Supreme Court

requiring an ethical code of conduct for the US Supreme CourtJoint candidate letter (Defend the Vote), October 26, 2026

Signed the October 26, 2026 joint letter calling for a Supreme Court ethics code. Require an ethical code of conduct for the US Supreme Court.Joint candidate letter (Defend the Vote), October 26, 2026

Called for a Supreme Court ethics code or enforceable ethics rules

Called for reversing tariffs that raise household costs

Oppose Endless Wars that Raise Gas Prices and the Tariffs on Our Allies that Raise Costs on AmericansCampaign website, August 24, 2026

Ending the tariff chaos that's squeezing families at the checkout line and the gas pump.Campaign email, October 2, 2026

fight to repeal the tariffs, and reverse legislation and policy decisions that have increased energy costs.News story, October 21, 2026

In Congress, I will serve as a check on Trump’s bad decisions that are costing our families, fight to repeal the tariffs, and reverse legislation and policy decisions that have increased energy costs.Campaign website, August 24, 2026

She’ll rein in his reckless war and tariffs that are costing Virginia families way too much.Facebook/Instagram ad, October 8, 2026

Called for lowering household utility bills

NextEra needs to prove that Virginians will pay less over the long term, our electrical grid will become more reliable, data centers will bear the full cost of the transmission infrastructure their energy demands require, commitments already made to Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind and Hampton Roads will be honored, and that Virginia jobs will be protected.News story, September 24, 2026

Blamed high gas and fuel prices on the Iran war, tariffs, or oil companies

Instead, she voted 100% with Donald Trump. For a stupid war that sent gas prices soaring.Video ad, October 9, 2026

Oppose Endless Wars that Raise Gas Prices and the Tariffs on Our Allies that Raise Costs on AmericansCampaign website, August 24, 2026

Named policies to lower household utility bills: utility-rate rules, bill assistance, or lower-cost energy and grid policies

When I’m elected again I’ll continue to lead efforts to combat the economic and national security impacts of climate change on our local community, invest in energy projects that create jobs and lower prices, and protect our clean air and water,Virginia Mercury, August 12, 2026

Lower-cost energy, grid, or efficiency policies

Supported stronger union organizing and collective-bargaining rights

To make the American Dream affordable again, we need to ensure workers have the right to organize, and that they have leaders who fight forPost on X, September 15, 2026

Called for making housing more affordable

I'll be focused on what Virginians are actually asking me about: * Lowering the cost of groceries, housing, and healthcareCampaign email, May 27, 2026

Called out Wall Street, big banks, or private equity

Whether it’s cashing checks from predatory payday lenders or voting 100% of the time with Donald Trump, @JenKiggans never misses an opportunity to turn her back on veterans to try to save her political career.Post on X, October 1, 2026

Supported stronger protections against abusive financial practices

Supported protecting or expanding abortion access

I'm running to restore what's been taken. To codify reproductive freedom into law, not leave it to the whims of a court or a politician.Campaign email, June 17, 2026

Defend reproductive freedom. Kiggans celebrated the overturning of Roe v. Wade. I voted to make it law, and I'll keep fighting to restore reproductive care for every Virginian.Campaign email, August 10, 2026

I'm running to restore what's been taken. To make reproductive freedom the law of the land, not leave it to the whims of a court or a politician.Campaign email, August 25, 2026

I support it as I believe strongly in a woman's right to choose and make decisions for herself about her own body without interference from the government and politicians. Jen Kiggans wants to let politicians ban abortion, even in the case of rape or when a mother's life is at risk. By passing this amendment here in Virginia, we can ensure that politicians like Jen Kiggans can't do that.News story, September 24, 2026

Jen Kiggans wants to let politicians ban abortion, even in the case of rape or when a mother's life is at risk. By passing this amendment here in Virginia, we can ensure that politicians like Jen Kiggans can't do that.Candidate questionnaire, September 24, 2026

I'll fight to give these sacred and personal freedoms protection under the LAW, not a flimsy court decision.Campaign email, January 22, 2026

I will continue to advocate and fight for policies that enshrine the right to choose into federal law and ensure access to reproductive care to those who need it.Campaign website, July 15, 2026

Kiggans celebrated the overturning of Roe v. Wade. I voted to make it law, and I'll keep fighting to restore reproductive care for every Virginian.Campaign email, August 10, 2026

The path to ensuring reproductive freedom in all 50 states runs right through Coastal Virginia, because VA-02 is one of the few districts with the power to swing the House majority.Campaign email, January 22, 2026

Restoring nationwide abortion rights

I'm running to restore what's been taken. To codify reproductive freedom into law, not leave it to the whims of a court or a politician.Campaign email, June 17, 2026

I'm running to restore what's been taken. To make reproductive freedom the law of the land, not leave it to the whims of a court or a politician.Campaign email, August 25, 2026

To make reproductive freedom the law of the land, not leave it to the whims of a court or a politician.Campaign email, August 25, 2026

When I was in Congress in 2022 I proudly voted for the Women's Health Protection Act to codify abortion protections nationwide following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. If elected, I would vote again for similar legislation to ensure American women are afforded the rights and dignity they deserve.News story, September 24, 2026

I'll fight to give these sacred and personal freedoms protection under the LAW, not a flimsy court decision.Campaign email, January 22, 2026

I will continue to advocate and fight for policies that enshrine the right to choose into federal law and ensure access to reproductive care to those who need it.Campaign website, July 15, 2026

Putting abortion rights into federal law

I'm running to restore what's been taken. To codify reproductive freedom into law, not leave it to the whims of a court or a politician.Campaign email, June 17, 2026

To make reproductive freedom the law of the land, not leave it to the whims of a court or a politician.Campaign email, August 25, 2026

I'll fight to give these sacred and personal freedoms protection under the LAW, not a flimsy court decision.Campaign email, January 22, 2026

I will continue to advocate and fight for policies that enshrine the right to choose into federal law and ensure access to reproductive care to those who need it.Campaign website, July 15, 2026

Restoring Roe's protections

Investing in climate resilience

I will continue to lead efforts to combat climate change’s impact on our local community, fight against offshore drilling, restore the Chesapeake Bay, and ensure Hampton Roads has clean air and water.Campaign website (undated)

Expanding clean energy

we need to continue to invest in clean energy sources, like the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, to blunt the risks of climate change on our community and reduce our liability to flooding over the long term.News story, September 23, 2026

Reducing climate pollution

Supporting a path to citizenship

I was proud to support comprehensive efforts in Congress to deter illegal immigration and strengthen border security, while also providing a pathway to citizenship for those who follow our nation’s laws.Campaign website (undated)

Supported stronger checks on executive power

We need aggressive Congressional oversight of this administration.Campaign email, February 11, 2026

I chose to serve on the January 6th Committee to hold the plotters accountable.Campaign email, January 7, 2026

The U.S. president has NO authority to unilaterally wage war on another country.Campaign email, April 14, 2026

She’ll rein in his reckless war and tariffs that are costing Virginia families way too much.Facebook/Instagram ad, October 8, 2026

Congress wages war like there is no declared war without CongressInterview, September 4, 2026

And that would be Congress reasserting its power um because, you know, Congress, not the president, makes decisions about when the country goes to war.Interview, October 15, 2026

I mean Congress has to ask the tough questions.Interview, September 4, 2026

constrain the president's power to unilaterally, you know, wage this war um and bring it to an end.Interview, September 4, 2026

And um again, multiple times, seven times, she's voted against war power res war powers resolutions that essentially wouldInterview, September 4, 2026

These are our neighbors' husbands, wives, sons, and daughters who have been deployed in harm's way for a war that started without a clear direction, a clear end state, or the consent of Congress.Campaign email, April 27, 2026

“Jen Kiggans, the Republican Congress, from the very onset of this, have not stood up and exerted the power of Congress and allowed the president to unilaterally start a war and have not had any accountability to the American people,”.News article, September 23, 2026

But this Secretary’s complete lack of respect for the law is putting American lives at risk.Campaign email, October 25, 2026

That decision belongs to Congress.Campaign email, October 25, 2026

He’s spent the majority of that year not bringing down costs, protecting health care, or reducing government spending, but abusing the awesome power of the Oval Office to punish his long, long list of enemies.Campaign email, January 20, 2026

We need a leader in Hampton Roads again who is going to stand up for our military, stand up for our veterans, and put a check on this administrationVirginia Mercury, October 20, 2026

Banning partisan gerrymandering

There's been this just gerrymandering all in all war across the country back and forth. And I think once and for all um we need to put an end to that.Interview, July 9, 2026

And I think once and for all um we need to put an end to that.Interview, July 9, 2026

Opposed war with Iran or called for ending it

Oppose Endless Wars that Raise Gas Prices and the Tariffs on Our Allies that Raise Costs on AmericansCampaign website, August 24, 2026

Donald Trump started a war of choice war with Iran, and Jen Kiggans continues to support it. Now, 18 American service members are dead, more than 400 have been wounded, and Virginia families are stuck suffering the economic consequences of this disastrous decisionNews story, July 23, 2026

We need to restore these healthcare benefits. We need to restore the Medicaid. We need to restore the SNAP. We need to get our sailors home. We need to end this warNews story, October 31, 2026

The war in Iran is another unnecessary and endless military intervention in the Middle East that is putting a strain on working families in Hampton Roads, and costing precious American lives and resources that should be spent here at home.Campaign website, August 24, 2026

I mean they are just fed up uh with the fact that their uh family members are being sent off uh into a war that has no purpose.Interview, August 27, 2026

And that's a huge strain and our sailors and our families and especially the fact that they're in harm's way um you know under the the orders of a reckless president um who you know started this war doesn't have an exit plan and we're noInterview, July 9, 2026

constrain the president's power to unilaterally, you know, wage this war um and bring it to an end.Interview, September 4, 2026

All Americans are paying a price for this endless Iran War.Campaign email, September 3, 2026

Donald Trump and @JenKiggans started a reckless war in Iran.Post on X, October 23, 2026

Supported requiring congressional authorization for military action

The U.S. president has NO authority to unilaterally wage war on another country.Campaign email, April 14, 2026

Congress wages war like there is no declared war without CongressInterview, September 4, 2026

And that would be Congress reasserting its power um because, you know, Congress, not the president, makes decisions about when the country goes to war.Interview, October 15, 2026

constrain the president's power to unilaterally, you know, wage this war um and bring it to an end.Interview, September 4, 2026

And um again, multiple times, seven times, she's voted against war power res war powers resolutions that essentially wouldInterview, September 4, 2026

But this Secretary’s complete lack of respect for the law is putting American lives at risk.Campaign email, October 25, 2026

That decision belongs to Congress.Campaign email, October 25, 2026

Called for a specific diplomatic step or civilian protections

I think that international diplomatic pressure, including very strongly from the U.S., to end the violence by the government against protesters is important.News story, January 29, 2026

Attacked tax breaks and handouts for Big Tech and data centers

Supported stronger oversight of data-center development

Developer responsibility for infrastructure and utility costs

Enforceable water, energy, and community protections

Supported reining in or regulating Big Tech and AI companies

Called to reverse the cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, or ACA coverage

Called for lowering prescription-drug prices

Prescription-drug price limits

Called for restoring ACA subsidies

Government price negotiation

Called for higher taxes on billionaires and the wealthy

Called for stronger competition and limits on monopoly power

Called for campaign-finance reform to reduce big money's influence

Called to overturn Citizens United

Called for banning stock trading by members of Congress

Supported stronger conflict-of-interest and ethics rules

Called out Trump's corruption, self-dealing, or profiting from office

Reforming the Supreme Court

Called for a Supreme Court ethics code or enforceable ethics rules

Called for reversing tariffs that raise household costs

Called for lowering household utility bills

Blamed high gas and fuel prices on the Iran war, tariffs, or oil companies

Named policies to lower household utility bills: utility-rate rules, bill assistance, or lower-cost energy and grid policies

Lower-cost energy, grid, or efficiency policies

Supported stronger union organizing and collective-bargaining rights

Opposed benefit cuts

Called for making housing more affordable

Called out Wall Street, big banks, or private equity

Supported stronger protections against abusive financial practices

Supported protecting or expanding abortion access

Restoring nationwide abortion rights

Putting abortion rights into federal law

Restoring Roe's protections

Investing in climate resilience

Expanding clean energy

Reducing climate pollution

Supporting a path to citizenship

Supported stronger checks on executive power

Banning partisan gerrymandering

Opposed war with Iran or called for ending it

Supported requiring congressional authorization for military action

Called for a specific diplomatic step or civilian protections