Robert Blondin is the husband of Elaine Luria. Elaine is co-leading Thursday’s hearing about the U.S. Capitol Riot.
Elaine has been serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia’s 2nd congressional district.
She defeated Karen Mallard in the 2018 primary election and Scott Taylor in the general election to secure her position in the House of Representatives.
Luria again defeated Taylor in the 2020 reelection and carried the jurisdiction of most parts of Hampton.
Before being a politician, Elaine was a Naval officer. She served in the Navy for more than twenty years, where she engineered nuclear reactors. She met her husband during her time in the Navy.
Who Is Elaine Luria Husband Robert Blondin?
Blondin is a retired American Navy commander who married the Navy veteran Luria.
Robert graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. He did his Master of Engineering from Old Dominion University.
The Navy veteran served in the Department of Defense Independent Review of the Nuclear Enterprise and later joined the US Navy. He spent 27 years of his career working as a Senior Training Manager in Norfolk and other areas.
After retiring from the Navy, he worked as a senior analyst in Gryphon Technologies, LC. He was also the Director of Readiness, Requirements, and Global Force Management in the Military Sealift Command from 2016 to 2017.
The two Navy veterans tied the knots in 2005 in Virginia.
Meet Elaine Luria Children and Family
The Virginia congressional representative, Luria, has two stepchildren and one daughter.
Elaine and Robert together have a daughter named Violette Blondin, born in 2009. The family resides in their own house in Norfolk, Virginia.
Luria belongs to a reputed family from Alabama. Her family used to sell goods to the coal miners in Walker County. Her mother, Michelle was the president of the National Council of Jewish Women.
Elaine Luria Ethnicity
Elaine was born on August 15, 1975, in Birmingham, Alabama, with a white ethnic background.
The family moved to Jasper, Alabama, in 1906. Her great-grandfather helped to establish the Reform Jewish congregation in Jasper.
Luria’s mother and grandmother were active members of the Temple Emanu-EI sisterhood, Hadassah, and Birmingham Jewish Federation.
Luria attended the Indian Springs School and went to the United States Naval Academy. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physics, History, and French in 1997.
The politician pursued a Master of Science in engineering management at Old Dominion University. While her tenure in the Navy, she was deployed to command Assault Craft Unit TWO and a combat-ready unit of 400 sailors.
Luria was the first American female sailor to dedicate her entire career to combat ships. She also took hold of the Passover seder on an aircraft carrier.
Now the politician and Navy commander, Elaine, is serving in the U.S. House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party.