
Elaine Luria
October 17, 2026 · Newsletter
damage control

When you’re on a combatant ship in the middle of the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles from shore, problems can snowball into crises fast.
So when an issue arises at sea, panic is off the table. We switch into damage control mode and figure out how to fix it.
So here’s the problem, plainly: we’re behind, and we’re being outspent.
In 2022, MAGA groups spent $6,059,677 to beat me. This year, with 17 days still to go, they’ve already spent that PLUS $2 million more.
A leak like this doesn’t fix itself, and it doesn’t stay small if you ignore it. Every dollar we’re short is an undecided voter we don’t reach, an ad that doesn’t run, or a door that doesn’t get knocked.
That’s the damage. Here’s the fix: Will you chip in $15 right now to help us plug the hole in our budget so we can flip VA-02 and the House before time runs out?
Thank you for showing up when it counts.
Elaine Luria