What Went Down In The June 21 Elections In Alabama, Virginia And Georgia

As Sarah just mentioned, Kiggans has similar credentials to the incumbent she’ll face in November, Elaine Luria. Both Kiggans and Luria are Navy veterans. Luria flipped that district blue in 2018, a year where we saw a big surge in the number of Democratic women running, especially for competitive seats. She was able to hold onto it in 2020, when Republicans ran the same candidate she ousted in 2018. But in 2020, Kiggans will be the nominee. Kiggans had support from GOP women’s groups as well as her party, so their effort to recruit a woman to face Luria seems deliberate.