Abigail Spanberger (VA-07) and Elaine Luria (VA-02) are incumbent U.S. House members from the state of Virginia that we need to re-elect.  Each of these women had illustrious careers serving our country before running for and being elected to the House.

Rep. Spanberger began her public service career as a federal agent with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. In this role, she investigated money laundering and narcotics cases — including at the southern border. Then, as a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer, she worked at home and abroad to collect intelligence, keep our country safe from terrorism, and inform policymakers in their national security decisions. Following her time at CIA, Rep. Spanberger joined the private sector and helped American colleges and universities diversify their student bodies, expand opportunities for Americans entering the workforce, and increase graduation rates. 

First elected to the U.S. House in 2018, Rep. Spanberger serves on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee and the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee. She is also Vice Chair of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus.

On the House Agriculture Committee, she serves as Chair of the Conservation & Forestry Subcommittee and as a Member of the Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee. On the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Abigail serves as Vice-Chair of the Europe, Energy, the Environment, & Cyber Subcommittee and as a Member of the Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, & Nonproliferation Subcommittee.

The nonpartisan Lugar Center ranked Abigail as the most bipartisan Member of Virginia’s congressional delegation, and she has received several national awards for her commitment to getting results for Virginia, focusing on constituent services, and working across the aisle.

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Prior to her election in 2018, Rep. Luria served two decades in the Navy, retiring at the rank of Commander. Rep. Luria served at sea on six ships as a nuclear-trained Surface Warfare Officer, deployed to the Middle East and Western Pacific, and culminated her Navy career by commanding a combat-ready unit of 400 sailors. Vice Chair of the House Armed Services Committee and a member the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Rep. Luria was one of the first women in the Navy's nuclear power program and among the first women to serve the entirety of her career in combatant ships.

In civilian life, she and her husband ( Navy vet of 27 years) started a small business from their kitchen table that has made $50,000 to charity.

She serves on the House Armed Services Committee, where she is the committee's Vice Chair, the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, where she serves as Chair of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee, and the House Committee on Homeland Security.

We need these two highly-qualified, pro-choice women to keep their seats in the Congress.

Of all members in the House Democratic Caucus, she served the longest on active duty, having completed 20 years of active military service with the U.S. Navy. Rep. Luria graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and received a master's in engineering management from Old Dominion University.

Since returning to civilian life, she and her husband (a Navy vet of 27 years) started a small business from their kitchen table that has made $50,000 in donations to charity.