Elaine Luria

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Elaine Luria (2019)

Elaine Goodman Luria (born August 15, 1975 in Birmingham , Alabama , United States ) is an American politician . As a member of the Democratic Party , she has held the second seat of the state of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives since January 3, 2019 . She was elected to this office on November 6, 2018 and was sworn in on January 3, 2019.

Life

Luria is of Jewish descent (see: Jews in the United States ) and was born on August 15, 1975 in Birmingham , Alabama . Her mother Michelle, the family was in 1906 by Jasper the German Reich and Eastern Europe immigrated and had goods to coal - miners in Walker County sold. Her great-grandfather helped plant a Liberal Judaism congregation in Jasper, and the family joined Temple Emanu-El in Birmingham, where Luria was raised. Her mother and grandmother worked for the National Council of Jewish Women (her mother was president), Hadassah , the Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood, and the Birmingham Jewish Federation . Both of her grandmothers served in the United States Navy .

Luria graduated from Indian Springs School in 1993 and the United States Naval Academy in 1997, with degrees in physics and history and French as a minor. From 2004 she attended the Nuclear Power School in Goose Creek , South Carolina . During her service in the United States Navy, she served on the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) . She received her Masters in Industrial Engineering from Old Dominion University . Her husband, Robert Blondin, is a former commanding officer who served in the United States Navy for 27 years.

Military career

Luria served as a United States Navy officer and engineer on nuclear reactors for over 20 years . She is the first woman to spend her entire service on a warship . At first she served on the USS O'Brien (DD-975) , a destroyer . There she was responsible for the BGM-109 Tomahawk and supervised a department of 15 people. She became Reactor Controls Division Officer on the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) , an aircraft carrier that served in the Middle East . Then she was on the cruiser USS Anzio (CG-68) and later coordinator in the United States Fleet Forces Command , where she oversaw the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) . Most recently she commanded the Assault Craft Unit TWO with 400 seamen from 2014 to 2017 .

Political career

In the 2018 election, Luria ran for the second seat of the state of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives . In the Democratic Party's primary , she won 62 percent against Karen Mallard and in the November 6, 2018 elections, she beat Republican Scott Taylor , who had previously held the second seat, with 51.1 percent of the vote.

She works in the following congress areas:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics : Elaine Luria. August 15, 1975 (age 43). In: cattcenter.iastate.edu. Iowa State University , p. 1 , accessed April 8, 2019 .
  2. ^ Southern Jewish Life : Another way to serve: After 20 years in Navy, Elaine Luria running for Congress. Recently, the register at Stein's Deli in New Orleans has been sporting an Elaine Luria for Congress sticker. Luria, a Birmingham native… In: sjlmag.com. Southern Jewish Life, p. 6 , accessed April 8, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Ben Fractenberg: Navy Vet Represents Fresh Wave Of Jewish Women Running For Congress. Elaine Luria spent one passover after the September 11 attacks stationed thousands of miles from home on an aircraft carrier in the Middle East. In: forward.com. The Forward , p. 6 , accessed April 8, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Terri Denison: For Elaine Luria, it's ships to mermaids ( English ) jewishnewsva.org. April 28, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  5. ↑ Hilary Brueck, Peter Kotecki: The US just sent 10 new scientists to Congress, Including an ocean expert, a nurse, and a biochemist. Here's the full list. Congress just picked up several new science and health experts. In: jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Business Insider , January 3, 2019, p. 12 , accessed April 8, 2019 .
  6. ↑ WBOC : In US House Race, Former Navy Commander targets former SEAL. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Political battle lines are forming in Virginia where a woman who once led a combat-ready unit of 400 sailors wants to capture a Republican congressional seat held by a former Navy SEAL. In: wboc.com. WBOC, May 24, 2018, p. 2 , accessed April 8, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Juliegrace Brufke: The Elaine Luria defeats GOP's Scott Taylor in Virginia. Democratic candidate Elaine Luria is projected to unseat GOP Rep. Scott Taylor in the race for Virginia's 2nd Congressional District. In: thehill.com. The Hill , June 11, 2018, p. 2 , accessed April 8, 2019 .
  8. ↑ CNN : LIVE ELECTION RESULTS. Virginia. In: edition.cnn.com. CNN, p. 8 , accessed April 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Luria, Elaine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luria, Elaine Goodman (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH 15th August 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham , Alabama , United States