4 Military Vets Vie in GOP Primary for Key Virginia Tidewater District to Oust Democrat

State Sen. Jen Kiggans (R-Virginia Beach), a former U.S. Navy helicopter pilot and full-time geriatric nurse practitioner, has raised more than $1.3 million in her campaign to defeat three party rivals in Virginia’s June 21, 2022, Congressional District 2 Republican primary. Courtesy of Jen Kiggans for Congress

Virginia’s Congressional District 2 (CD 2) spans Williamsburg, Virginia Beach, parts of Norfolk, and traces the northern reaches of Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s largest naval base.

Many of the 82,000 active-duty sailors stationed on the sprawling base’s 15 installations live within CD 2, which also includes one of the nation’s most dense populations of military retirees—especially U.S. Navy veterans.