Republican incumbent Rep. Jen Kiggans held onto her House seat in Virginia’s 2nd District in a race called Wednesday evening.
She held off a strong challenge from her Democratic opponent, Missy Cotter Smasal, in a race both national parties had targeted.
The seat is known to swing — Ms. Kiggans, a former Navy helicopter pilot, won it over a Democratic incumbent in 2022, and Democrats were pushing Ms. Cotter Smasal, also a Navy veteran, to reclaim the seat in a district centered on Navy bases in the Norfolk-Virginia Beach area.
Republicans can only afford to lose four seats to retain their majority in the House of Representatives, and this guarantees them one more safe seat.
“I’m incredibly thankful that Southeast Virginia has once again chosen common-sense conservatism,” Ms. Kiggans said in an X post early Wednesday.
• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.
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