‘The right people are not in the right place’: Fmr. House Democrat launches bid for her old seat

Welcome back. With the shutdown likely to end tonight and the 2025 off-year elections in the books, the race to the 2026 midterms is now underway. And today, former Democratic Congresswoman Elaine Lauria of Virginia announced she's launching a bid for her old congressional seat.Virginia's second district is a battleground seat. Lauria flipped it blue when she won in 2018. She served two terms, but then lost to Republican Jennifer Keegan in 2022.The former congresswoman, who was a member of the House Committ ...