Election 2026
Independent, source-first accountability
Issue record
In short
Luria's campaign would fight to repeal tariffs and reverse decisions that raised energy costs. Kiggans's campaign says she helped pass spending cuts, backed ending most taxes on tips and overtime, and fought to expand the Child Tax Credit. Staten's campaign names affordability as a priority and sets out no position on prices, taxes or tariffs. Baker's campaign calls for honest budgets passed on time and puts the national debt at $40 trillion.
Campaign positions
Her plan says Virginians tell her they are working harder than ever and can barely keep up, and that she will address a cost-of-living crisis she attributes to her opponent and the administration, fight to repeal tariffs, and reverse decisions that raised energy costs.
Her campaign says she fought to reduce federal spending by helping to pass what it calls Washington's first meaningful spending cuts in years, supported the Working Families Tax Cuts that made the 2017 tax cuts permanent and ended most taxes on tips and overtime, and fought to expand the Child Tax Credit.
His Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey, which Ballotpedia dates to information he submitted on December 4, 2025, names affordability first among the areas of public policy he says he is personally passionate about: "Affordability, Public Safety and Equal Opportunity". Its three campaign messages are "Purpose Over Politics", "Giving Hampton Roads a Candidate from the 2nd Congressional District to Represent the 2nd Congressional District." and "The Face of The Political Future in Hampton Roads". He names affordability as a priority and sets out no position on prices, wages, taxes, tariffs, energy costs or federal spending.
His platform says the shipyards, the port, the bases and the businesses around them are the district's economy and are squeezed by the same costs squeezing families, and that he will practice rather than perform fiscal conservatism with honest budgets passed on time and tradeoffs stated out loud. His home page puts the national debt at $40 trillion and climbing, built by both parties over 36 years.
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Elaine Luria for Congress · Reviewed Sep 13, 2026
Read in an Internet Archive snapshot: elaineforcongress.com returns HTTP 403 to automated readers. Snapshot of 2026-08-03. This is the campaign's only platform page: the site's own navigation links to /about, /issues and /news all return 404 in the archive's crawls, the most recent on 2026-08-03. The page carries no publication date.
candidate statement
For: Elaine G. Luria: campaign position
Kiggans for Congress · Reviewed Sep 13, 2026
Her campaign's platform page, read live on 2026-09-13. Fifteen headed sections, from The Cost of Living to Protection of Women's Sports. It carries no publication date, and some passages date from her first term, including "In just over a year" and references to holding the Biden Administration accountable.
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For: Jen A. Kiggans: campaign position
Ballotpedia · Published Dec 4, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 13, 2026
Read live on 2026-09-13, HTTP 200. Its campaign-themes section carries Candidate Connection survey answers in his own words, which Ballotpedia's own footnote dates to information he submitted on December 4, 2025. He gives three campaign messages, "Purpose Over Politics", "Giving Hampton Roads a Candidate from the 2nd Congressional District to Represent the 2nd Congressional District." and "The Face of The Political Future in Hampton Roads"; names "Affordability, Public Safety and Equal Opportunity" as the areas of public policy he is personally passionate about; answers "Fighter. Hard Worker." on the legacy he wants to leave; answers "Yes. Keeps the seat fresh or steady pending voters choice." on whether two years is the right term length; and names Barack Obama as the representative he would model himself after. The answers name no policy on health care, immigration, the Bay, reproductive rights, veterans, Medicare or Social Security. Ballotpedia states it may edit a survey answer and marks any edit in brackets; none of these answers carries a bracket. The page's contact block lists one social account for him, a Facebook profile, and no X or Instagram account. Ballotpedia publishes the answers and is not their author.
candidate statement
For: Geral D. "Bishop" Staten: campaign position
Matt Baker for Congress · Reviewed Sep 13, 2026
His platform page, read live on 2026-09-13: four numbered pillars covering the Constitution, Congress as a system, technology and energy, and Hampton Roads. It carries no publication date.
candidate statement
For: J. Matt Baker: campaign position
Matt Baker for Congress · Reviewed Sep 13, 2026
Read live on 2026-09-13. Describes him as "Colonel, USMC (Ret.) · 28 Years" and carries no publication date. It links a Facebook page and instagram.com/MattBakerVA and no X account.
candidate statement
For: J. Matt Baker: campaign position