Photo: Republican Rep.-elect Jen Kiggans celebrates at her election party in Virginia Beach, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, after she defeated Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va. A white woman with dirty blonde hair tied back is shown cheering with arms raised in front of a blurred American flag.

November 10, 2022

Alum a New US Congresswoman

Republican US Representative-elect Jen Kiggans (Pardee’93), a retired Navy helicopter pilot and a geriatric nurse practitioner, defeated another pioneering female veteran, Democratic Congresswoman Elaine Luria, who was a Navy commander, in the November 8 midterm election. Kiggans will represent Virginia’s military-heavy, politically diverse, and historically moderate 2nd Congressional District. AP Photo by John C. Clark

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