Ad attacks leave Kiggans trying to reclaim image

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : The Republican voters ranged from a man in a Sex Pistols shirt concerned about election integrity and the trajectory of public schools to a man wearing suspenders with his blue jeans who gave his age only as a veteran of the Korean conflict.
47% : Still, she said, abortion was on her mind this season - she had seen what women and young girls lived through before Roe.
45% : In the state Senate she opposed allowing low-income women to access abortion, subsidized by state taxpayer dollars, or allowing nurse practitioners to perform abortions in the first trimester.
45% :"I've heard that too," Kiggans said, before pivoting: "What do you think of the crisis at the southern border?"Burchett ultimately wished Kiggans luck, telling her he had her brochure on his fridge and was following the race closely.
42% : I'm not here to ban abortion."
38% : "Abortion is being made as the top issue on television, but that's not the top issue with the average voter."
37% : Now, fearing politicians could try to criminalize abortion or ban it without exception, she needed to know: Where did Kiggans stand?
34% : She said she supports exceptions to abortion restrictions for rape, incest and the life of the mother, and, regarding a nationwide ban, "I'm not here to make abortion illegal.
34% : She won a tight race for an open seat in part by accusing Democrats and her opponent of being extreme on abortion, even that Democrats support "infanticide," which they decried as a lie.
32% : "She wants to make abortion illegal," a narrator said against a smiling image of Kiggans in the first ad.
22% : She later went on a radio show and accused Democrats of using abortion as a "shiny object" to distract voters from other issues such as the economy and inflation - prompting more attacks from Luria, who called the comment "insulting to women everywhere."Up against Luria's 10-1 cash-on-hand advantage at the start of the summer, the bombardment is leaving Kiggans constantly on defense against an image she says doesn't represent the real her - and perhaps leaving the district's all-important swing voters wondering: Who is the real Kiggans, anyway?- - -She rolled up in the gray Honda minivan, arriving in the red-leaning Virginia Beach neighborhood for some door-knocking after dropping her daughter off at cello practice.
16% :Now, Luria has turned to abortion - releasing three ads in a month accusing Kiggans of supporting a ban on abortion without exception after Kiggans applauded the overturn of Roe v. Wade.

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