Elaine Luria

Democrat candidate for U.S. House in Virginia. Every point on this page links to its source. We don't grade candidates or tell you how to vote. As of 2026-09-29.

At a glance

PartyDemocrat
Running forU.S. House, Virginia
Born1975
EducationUnited States Naval Academy; Old Dominion University; Indian Springs School; Nuclear Power School
Occupationengineer, politician, naval officer

Source: Wikidata

Record

U.S. Representative, Virginia's 2nd district2019–2023Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
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Full official biography, including earlier offices (Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress)

In Congress: 45 bills and resolutions sponsored, 1002 cosponsored, 6 became law on their own (a bill folded into a larger law isn't counted). Congress.gov

Where they stand

In their own words, from their campaign website, summarised in plain English.

Economy and cost of living

Luria says she would lower prices for working families, fight to repeal the tariffs, and reverse policy decisions that have raised energy costs. She says she would serve as a check on Trump's decisions.

“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.”
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Taxes and government spending

Luria says the Medicaid cuts were made to give tax cuts to billionaires, and she wants to restore that funding. She also says she passed tax relief for Gold Star families while in Congress.

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Health care

Luria says she would restore ACA premium subsidies, expand the number of drugs Medicare can negotiate, and crack down on predatory medical debt collectors and pharmaceutical monopolies. She also wants to restore Medicaid funding for rural hospitals and expand telehealth and loan repayment for rural doctors and nurses.

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Social Security and Medicare

Luria says she would work to strengthen Medicare and Social Security and oppose cuts to them. She also wants to cut seniors' health costs by expanding Medicare drug price negotiation.

“I will continue to advocate for strengthening Medicare and Social Security, stand firm against any efforts to gut seniors’ hard-earned benefits, and oppose cuts to these critical programs.”
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Immigration and the border

No stated position on their website.

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Abortion

No stated position on their website.

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Energy and climate

Luria says she would fight climate change's local effects, oppose offshore drilling, restore the Chesapeake Bay, and keep air and water clean. She cites her past funding for sea-level rise mitigation, climate-resilient infrastructure, and founding the Offshore Wind Caucus.

“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.”
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Guns

No stated position on their website.

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Foreign policy and defense

Luria says she would improve life for military families, ensure troops have the resources to deter adversaries, and act as a check against foreign wars. She calls the war in Iran an unnecessary intervention.

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Elections and ethics in government

Luria says she supports banning members of Congress and their families from trading individual stocks. She also supports mandatory jail time and expulsion for members who steal taxpayer funds, overturning Citizens United, and reforming the pardon system.

“I support banning members of Congress and their families from trading individual stocks while holding office.”
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Money

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Elaine Luria (DEM)

Raised
$4.7M through 2026-07-15 individuals $3.4M · PACs $405K · party $221 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $8,010 · from the candidate's other committees $867K · cash on hand $3.6M
Outside spending
$365K opposing Luria · $211K supporting Luria · latest reported 2026-09-29
Largest outside spenders
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT — $210K supporting Luria Largest donors: STOP REPUBLICANS $5.8M (22%) (its largest donors: PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT $2.5M; DWORETZKY, JOSHUA $2.2M); LEVINER, BETTY $5.7M (21%); PROGRESSIVE TAKEOVER $3.5M (13%) (its largest donors: RITSCH, MALCOLM $1.3M); STOP THESE OPPRESSIVE PEOPLE: TYRANTS RACISTS UNQUALIFIEDS MISOGYNISTS PROPAGANDISTS (STOP TRUMP) $3.0M (11%) (its largest donors: BROWN, BEVERLY $1.1M); DEM TURNOUT 2024 $2.1M (8%) (its largest donors: ASHFORD, HELEN $1.1M) AMERICA PAC — $205K opposing Luria · 4 ads on this pageLargest donors: Elon Musk $20.1M (>99%), Space Exploration Technologies Corp., CEO NO GOING BACK PAC INC. — $140K opposing Luria THE GOVERNING MAJORITY FUND — $19K opposing Luria DMFI PAC — $382 supporting Luria · 2 ads on this pageLargest donors: Deborah Simon $3.5M (44%), Self Employed, Philanthropist; DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY FOR ISRAEL $1.4M (18%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Lynn Schusterman $750K (9%), NOT Employed, NOT Employed; WOMEN VOTE $500K (6%); UNITED FOR PROGRESS $200K (3%) and 1 more
118 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • 314 ACTION FUND $5,000
  • ALLIANCE AGAINST ANTISEMITISM PAC $3,500
  • AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE $10K
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $7,500
  • AMERICAN DEFENSE AND MILITARY PAC (ADAM PAC) $3,500
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES PAC (AFGE) $5,000
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E $5,000
  • AMERICAN INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMI PAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN MOSAIC PAC $1,000
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS PAC (ASA PAC) $5,000
  • AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA $10K
  • ATHENA PAC $1,000
  • BACKPAC $5,000
  • BARRAGAN FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • BEEPAC (BUILDING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PAC) $4,000
  • BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS PAC $1,000
  • BLUE MOMENTUM PAC $4,000
  • BRIDGE THE GAP PAC $1,000
  • CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC) $10K
  • CALL TO SERVE $2,000
  • CAROLINA VICTORY FUND $1,000
  • COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURE $2,000
  • COMMITTEE TO ELECT JARED GOLDEN $4,000
  • COMMON GROUND PAC $10K
  • COONEY FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • COUNTRY FIRST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC. (COUNTRY FIRST PAC) $5,000
  • DEFEND THE VOTE $1,000
  • DEFENSE DEM PAC $5,000
  • DEM RISING 2026 $2,500
  • DEMOCRACY MOBILIZATION PROJECT PAC (DMP) $1,000
  • DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PAC $10K
  • DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY FUND $7,500
  • DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY $500
  • DEMOCRATS FOR THE FUTURE $10
  • DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC) $1,000
  • DMFI PAC $1,000
  • DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESS $1,000
  • ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $7,000
  • ELECT DEMS NOW PAC $2,000
  • ELECTING WOMEN NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION PAC $1,082
  • EMILYS LIST $5,000
  • ENERGIZED FOR CHANGE FEDERAL PAC $1,000
  • ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)-INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $5,000
  • EQUALITY PAC $1,500
  • FAIR SHOT PAC $10K
  • FIGHT FOR PROGRESS PAC $1,000
  • FLIP THE CONGRESS PAC $5,000
  • FORWARD TOGETHER PAC $10K
  • FOSTERING PROGRESS PAC $1,000
  • FRIENDS OF ANGELIA WILLIAMS GRAVES $1,000
  • FRIENDS OF CHERI BUSTOS $1,000
  • FRIENDS OF DON BEYER $4,000
  • FRIENDS OF JOE BARON $1,000
  • GETTING RESULTS BY ENGAGING THE GRASSROOTS PAC $1,000
  • GOOD FRIENDS PAC $1,000
  • HELMER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • HESTER FOR TREASURER $1,000
  • HIMES FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • HOPE PAC $1,000
  • HOULAPAC $3,000
  • HOUSE MAJORITY PAC $10K
  • HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PAC $4,550
  • HUSKY PAC $1,500
  • INLAND EMPIRE STRIKES PAC; THE $1,000
  • INNOVATION FOR GOOD PAC $10K
  • JAMIE RASKIN FOR CONGRESS $4,000
  • JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS $4,000
  • JOBS EDUCATION & FAMILIES FIRST (JEFFPAC) $10K
  • JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS $2,500
  • JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • KATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESS $4,000
  • KATHLEEN MURPHY FOR DELEGATE $500
  • LA BAMBA PAC $3,000
  • LEADING PEOPLE FORWARD PAC $1,000
  • LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $3,600
  • LIFTOFF PAC $2,500
  • LOBO PAC $2,000
  • LOFGREN FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • LORI TRAHAN FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE $1,000
  • MAKING A DIFFERENCE PAC $2,000
  • MAKING AMERICANS COUNT PAC (MAC PAC) $1,000
  • MARC VEASEY CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $2,000
  • MCCLELLAN FOR CONGRESS $1,500
  • MITTEN PAC $5,000
  • MOMS FED UP $7,500
  • MORGAN MCGARVEY FOR CONGRESS $1,000
  • NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE $200
  • NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND $7,500
  • NEW VOICE PAC $1,000
  • NRDC ACTION FUND INC., PAC $1,000
  • OVERSIGHT ACTION FUND $2,000
  • PAC OF APPLES $1,000
  • PAC TO THE FUTURE $10K
  • PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS $4,000
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC. PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC $2,500
  • PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PAC $1,000
  • PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT $5,000
  • PUGET PAC $1,500
  • READY TO FIGHT PAC $5,000
  • SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS $1,000
  • SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • SD PAC $10K
  • SECURE PAC $1,500
  • SERVE AMERICA PAC $1,000
  • SERVICE FIRST PAC $2,000
  • SHORE PAC $1,000
  • SILICORN VALLEY PAC $3,000
  • SPEAK UP PAC $1,000
  • SPIKE PAC $2,000
  • SUHAS FOR VIRGINIA $4,000
  • SUNFLOWER SEEDS PAC $2,000
  • SUPPORTING HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVERS - SHP PAC $2,500
  • TOMORROW PAC $1,000
  • TRI-STATE MAXED-OUT WOMEN $10K
  • UNITED FOR VIRGINIA'S FUTURE FEDERAL PAC $5,000
  • UNITEDEMOCRATS PAC $2,000
  • VOTEVETS $10K
  • WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERAL $5,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Praise, criticism and controversies

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From Semblen

Semblen analyzed 40 ads from Elaine Luria's campaign; 19 used at least one manipulation technique, most often Loaded Language, Appeal to Fear, Glittering Generalities. See the ads, the money and every candidate in this race →

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