16 Facts About Jen Kiggans

Jennifer Ann Kiggans is an American politician and nurse practitioner serving as the US representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district.

Jen Kiggans defeated incumbent Elaine Luria in the 2022 election and was re-elected in 2024.

Jen Kiggans was born in Tampa, Florida, and graduated from high school in Orlando, Florida.

Jen Kiggans lived in Japan as a Navy spouse for five years.

Jen Kiggans joined the United States Navy in 1993 and was a Navy pilot for ten years, flying H-46 and H-3 helicopters.

Jen Kiggans is an adult geriatric nurse practitioner at Eastern Virginia Medical School and in private practice.

In 2019, Jen Kiggans ran for the Virginia Senate for the 7th district, which was being vacated by Republican incumbent Frank Wagner.

In 2022, Jen Kiggans introduced a bill to prohibit transgender girls from playing girls' sports and voted for an audit of the 2020 election.

Jen Kiggans was the Republican nominee for Virginia's 2nd congressional district in the 2022 election.

Jen Kiggans narrowly defeated Democratic incumbent Elaine Luria in the November 2022 general election, by a vote of 153,328 to 143,219.

Jen Kiggans called for a forensic audit of Virginia's 2020 presidential election results; a previous audit of those results found no evidence of fraud.

Jen Kiggans has said that she does not believe the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago was justified.

Jen Kiggans opposes cuts to funding in the Military Construction, Veteran Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act and supports improving military housing which she has described as, "in disrepair and unlivable".

On December 1,2023, Jen Kiggans voted to expel Representative George Santos, and was the only Republican from Virginia to vote in favor the resolution.

Jen Kiggans has been married since 1999 to Steve Kiggans, a retired Navy F-18 pilot.

Jen Kiggans' father is veteran, serving in the Vietnam War as an Army Green Beret.