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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger flatly denied any deal was made in crafting the new boundaries of the Second Congressional District on the Eastern Shore and in Virginia Beach after former Rep. Elaine Luria was followed out of an event by an individual demanding answers.
Luria, a Democrat who previously represented the Second District, is challenging Rep. Jennifer Kiggans, R-Va., in a race considered “Even” under the current map but that would skew Democratic under newly drawn boundaries that pull in more liberal parts of Chesapeake.
An individual filmed Luria this week as she left an evening event in Hampton Roads and asked twice: “Did you make a backroom deal with your best friend Abigail Spanberger to redraw the district?”
Luria ignored the man, but the video spread on social media as observers raised questions, given the tone of the redistricting effort led by Senate President L. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth.
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Then-Rep. Elaine Luria sits on a dais in Congress. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Luria’s campaign formally declined comment and Spanberger’s camp flatly denied the allegation.
“There was no deal,” Spanberger’s top spokeswoman Libby Wiet told Fox News Digital.
Meanwhile, Kiggans campaign spokesman Joe Link said the situation “speaks for itself.”
“Virginians should keep this in mind when they vote on April 21,” Link told Fox News Digital, referring to the date of the special election on the Democrats’ redistricting amendment.
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Lucas did not respond to a request for comment but has been vocal online about the redistricting effort, mocking opponents like former Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., and swearing at Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, by telling him she is “f—ing finish[ing]” what he purportedly started.
In January, Lucas took aim at Kiggans,…
