Rep. Elaine Luria PUNCHES BACK at GOP after impeachment ad.

After a national Republican group began targeting Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) over her support for an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, she is pushing back in an unusual way.

Luria, who represents the swing district of Virginia Beach, created a fundraising committee to raise $228,000 not for her own 2020 reelection campaign, but to help elect Democrats to competitive seats in Virginia General Assembly races next month.

The dollar amount matches what she said the Republican National Committee spent on ads that say Luria “broke her promise.”

Luria’s reelection bid is far from assured. She helped Democrats take control of the U.S. House last year when she unseated Republican Scott Taylor, but Virginia’s 2nd District voted for Trump in 2016 and is expected to be among the most competitive in the nation next year.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/rep-elaine-luria-raises-money-for-va-democrats-running-for-legislature-after-gop-group-runs-impeachment-ads/2019/10/07/d9534dbe-e924-11e9-9c6d-436a0df4f31d_story.html