James Osyf
@jamesosyf.bsky.social
Veteran. Submariner. Dog dad. Running to flip VA-02 blue and fight for working families.
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James Osyf
@jamesosyf.bsky.social
· Jul 10
My name is James Osyf. I’m a Navy veteran.
I've lived the Silent Service, but this moment demands something different.
Today, I’m announcing my campaign to flip VA-02 – because we can no longer afford to be silent.
I've lived the Silent Service, but this moment demands something different.
Today, I’m announcing my campaign to flip VA-02 – because we can no longer afford to be silent.
Celebrating the Navy’s 250th at our East Coast Master Jet Base.
Even these nukes can enjoy a fantastic air show.
Even these nukes can enjoy a fantastic air show.
September 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Celebrating the Navy’s 250th at our East Coast Master Jet Base.
Even these nukes can enjoy a fantastic air show.
Even these nukes can enjoy a fantastic air show.
Today we remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, the first responders who ran toward danger, and the families and loved ones who still carry unimaginable grief.
We'll never forget their sacrifice. And we must continue to work toward a future worthy of their memory.
We'll never forget their sacrifice. And we must continue to work toward a future worthy of their memory.
September 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Today we remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, the first responders who ran toward danger, and the families and loved ones who still carry unimaginable grief.
We'll never forget their sacrifice. And we must continue to work toward a future worthy of their memory.
We'll never forget their sacrifice. And we must continue to work toward a future worthy of their memory.
@avindman.bsky.social knows the importance of standing up, speaking out, and putting country and Constitution first.
Honored to have his endorsement.
Honored to have his endorsement.
September 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
@avindman.bsky.social knows the importance of standing up, speaking out, and putting country and Constitution first.
Honored to have his endorsement.
Honored to have his endorsement.
My opponent Jen Kiggans is ducking responsibility, avoiding her constituents, and clearly terrified of what her vote for the Big Ugly Bill means.
If she won't keep VA-02 informed of what's really going on – I will.
If she won't keep VA-02 informed of what's really going on – I will.
August 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My opponent Jen Kiggans is ducking responsibility, avoiding her constituents, and clearly terrified of what her vote for the Big Ugly Bill means.
If she won't keep VA-02 informed of what's really going on – I will.
If she won't keep VA-02 informed of what's really going on – I will.
I'm a proud Ukrainian. I'm a veteran of the United States Navy.
Let’s be clear – Donald Trump’s Alaska summit with Putin has the potential to be a disaster.
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Let’s be clear – Donald Trump’s Alaska summit with Putin has the potential to be a disaster.
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August 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I'm a proud Ukrainian. I'm a veteran of the United States Navy.
Let’s be clear – Donald Trump’s Alaska summit with Putin has the potential to be a disaster.
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Let’s be clear – Donald Trump’s Alaska summit with Putin has the potential to be a disaster.
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I served as a submariner the Navy – the Silent Service – under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. I always put the mission first.
But democracy is under attack. Our hospitals and healthcare are getting slashed. Silence won’t serve this moment.
That’s why I’m running to flip VA-02.
But democracy is under attack. Our hospitals and healthcare are getting slashed. Silence won’t serve this moment.
That’s why I’m running to flip VA-02.
August 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I served as a submariner the Navy – the Silent Service – under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. I always put the mission first.
But democracy is under attack. Our hospitals and healthcare are getting slashed. Silence won’t serve this moment.
That’s why I’m running to flip VA-02.
But democracy is under attack. Our hospitals and healthcare are getting slashed. Silence won’t serve this moment.
That’s why I’m running to flip VA-02.
I served my country in the Navy. Now I'm running to serve it in Congress.
Because we need leaders who will work tooth and nail to deliver for our district – not rubber stamp the worst impulses of Donald Trump.
Because we need leaders who will work tooth and nail to deliver for our district – not rubber stamp the worst impulses of Donald Trump.
James Osyf is running to kick anti-LGBTQ+ Republican Jen Kiggans out of the U.S. House of Representatives.
This gay Navy reservist is running to represent the Virginia Beach area in Congress
James Osyf is running to kick anti-LGBTQ+ Republican Jen Kiggans out of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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July 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I served my country in the Navy. Now I'm running to serve it in Congress.
Because we need leaders who will work tooth and nail to deliver for our district – not rubber stamp the worst impulses of Donald Trump.
Because we need leaders who will work tooth and nail to deliver for our district – not rubber stamp the worst impulses of Donald Trump.
I'm tired of Democrats relying on strongly worded letters.
That's not fight. That's not effective.
I am spending every day meeting voters in VA-02, in-person, online, and however I can – so we can flip this district, flip the House, and put a stop to the chaos in DC.
That's not fight. That's not effective.
I am spending every day meeting voters in VA-02, in-person, online, and however I can – so we can flip this district, flip the House, and put a stop to the chaos in DC.
July 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I'm tired of Democrats relying on strongly worded letters.
That's not fight. That's not effective.
I am spending every day meeting voters in VA-02, in-person, online, and however I can – so we can flip this district, flip the House, and put a stop to the chaos in DC.
That's not fight. That's not effective.
I am spending every day meeting voters in VA-02, in-person, online, and however I can – so we can flip this district, flip the House, and put a stop to the chaos in DC.
Right now, Rep. Jen Kiggans should be in Washington D.C, doing the job we sent her there to do. Advocating for VA-02.
Instead, she voted to cut thousands of her constituents’ healthcare – then skipped town so she doesn’t have to vote to release the Epstein files.
We deserve better.
Instead, she voted to cut thousands of her constituents’ healthcare – then skipped town so she doesn’t have to vote to release the Epstein files.
We deserve better.
July 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Right now, Rep. Jen Kiggans should be in Washington D.C, doing the job we sent her there to do. Advocating for VA-02.
Instead, she voted to cut thousands of her constituents’ healthcare – then skipped town so she doesn’t have to vote to release the Epstein files.
We deserve better.
Instead, she voted to cut thousands of her constituents’ healthcare – then skipped town so she doesn’t have to vote to release the Epstein files.
We deserve better.
"So when Kiggans cast her vote, she voted to rip away the many levels of support that keep people like me alive each and every day."
Thank you for speaking up, Arlid. This is a tragic and necessary read.
Our district deserves better.
www.pilotonline.com/2025/07/21/c...
Thank you for speaking up, Arlid. This is a tragic and necessary read.
Our district deserves better.
www.pilotonline.com/2025/07/21/c...
Column: Kiggans voted to take away help I can’t live without
U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans made a choice to take away my livelihood — the essentials I, and so many other Virginians, depend on to survive, Arlid McQuinn writes in a guest column.
www.pilotonline.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"So when Kiggans cast her vote, she voted to rip away the many levels of support that keep people like me alive each and every day."
Thank you for speaking up, Arlid. This is a tragic and necessary read.
Our district deserves better.
www.pilotonline.com/2025/07/21/c...
Thank you for speaking up, Arlid. This is a tragic and necessary read.
Our district deserves better.
www.pilotonline.com/2025/07/21/c...
Jen Kiggans just left DC for summer vacation early – along with the rest of House Republicans.
She found the time to cut our healthcare and close our hospitals, but ran away when her constituents demanded the truth and needed her most.
Backwards priorities. I'm running to defeat her.
She found the time to cut our healthcare and close our hospitals, but ran away when her constituents demanded the truth and needed her most.
Backwards priorities. I'm running to defeat her.
July 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Jen Kiggans just left DC for summer vacation early – along with the rest of House Republicans.
She found the time to cut our healthcare and close our hospitals, but ran away when her constituents demanded the truth and needed her most.
Backwards priorities. I'm running to defeat her.
She found the time to cut our healthcare and close our hospitals, but ran away when her constituents demanded the truth and needed her most.
Backwards priorities. I'm running to defeat her.
Meet Jen Kiggans.
In 2022, she flipped VA-02. When she arrived in DC, she abandoned our district – and rubber-stamped the worst of Donald Trump's agenda.
I'm running to defeat her.
In 2022, she flipped VA-02. When she arrived in DC, she abandoned our district – and rubber-stamped the worst of Donald Trump's agenda.
I'm running to defeat her.
July 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Meet Jen Kiggans.
In 2022, she flipped VA-02. When she arrived in DC, she abandoned our district – and rubber-stamped the worst of Donald Trump's agenda.
I'm running to defeat her.
In 2022, she flipped VA-02. When she arrived in DC, she abandoned our district – and rubber-stamped the worst of Donald Trump's agenda.
I'm running to defeat her.
In the district that could decide control of the House – we can't afford more of the same. And silence won't serve this moment.
We need leaders who aren't just against what's happening right now – but actually offering something better.
That's exactly why I'm running.
We need leaders who aren't just against what's happening right now – but actually offering something better.
That's exactly why I'm running.
July 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In the district that could decide control of the House – we can't afford more of the same. And silence won't serve this moment.
We need leaders who aren't just against what's happening right now – but actually offering something better.
That's exactly why I'm running.
We need leaders who aren't just against what's happening right now – but actually offering something better.
That's exactly why I'm running.
Virginia’s Second Congressional District is one of the nation’s top toss-up seats.
Last year, it was decided by 722 votes at the top of the ticket.
I just launched my campaign to flip it.
Last year, it was decided by 722 votes at the top of the ticket.
I just launched my campaign to flip it.
July 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Virginia’s Second Congressional District is one of the nation’s top toss-up seats.
Last year, it was decided by 722 votes at the top of the ticket.
I just launched my campaign to flip it.
Last year, it was decided by 722 votes at the top of the ticket.
I just launched my campaign to flip it.
When I served under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, I stayed silent – not because I wasn’t proud, but because I had a duty to my country. The mission came first.
But silence won’t meet this moment.
Today I’m launching my campaign to flip VA-02.
Let’s raise our voices, together.
But silence won’t meet this moment.
Today I’m launching my campaign to flip VA-02.
Let’s raise our voices, together.
July 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
When I served under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, I stayed silent – not because I wasn’t proud, but because I had a duty to my country. The mission came first.
But silence won’t meet this moment.
Today I’m launching my campaign to flip VA-02.
Let’s raise our voices, together.
But silence won’t meet this moment.
Today I’m launching my campaign to flip VA-02.
Let’s raise our voices, together.
Last week, Rep. Jen Kiggans voted to cut healthcare for thousands of her constituents. Our community.
I can't stand by and watch our elected officials abandon our people.
Today I’m launching my campaign to defeat her.
I can't stand by and watch our elected officials abandon our people.
Today I’m launching my campaign to defeat her.
July 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Last week, Rep. Jen Kiggans voted to cut healthcare for thousands of her constituents. Our community.
I can't stand by and watch our elected officials abandon our people.
Today I’m launching my campaign to defeat her.
I can't stand by and watch our elected officials abandon our people.
Today I’m launching my campaign to defeat her.
My name is James Osyf. I’m a Navy veteran.
I've lived the Silent Service, but this moment demands something different.
Today, I’m announcing my campaign to flip VA-02 – because we can no longer afford to be silent.
I've lived the Silent Service, but this moment demands something different.
Today, I’m announcing my campaign to flip VA-02 – because we can no longer afford to be silent.
July 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My name is James Osyf. I’m a Navy veteran.
I've lived the Silent Service, but this moment demands something different.
Today, I’m announcing my campaign to flip VA-02 – because we can no longer afford to be silent.
I've lived the Silent Service, but this moment demands something different.
Today, I’m announcing my campaign to flip VA-02 – because we can no longer afford to be silent.
In 2017 and 2018, @vademocrats.bsky.social wrote the playbook for how to win hard seats – then govern like we mean it.
In 2025 and 2026, the stakes have never been higher.
I'm hopeful and energized to see Democrats already showing up and organizing.
In 2025 and 2026, the stakes have never been higher.
I'm hopeful and energized to see Democrats already showing up and organizing.
June 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
In 2017 and 2018, @vademocrats.bsky.social wrote the playbook for how to win hard seats – then govern like we mean it.
In 2025 and 2026, the stakes have never been higher.
I'm hopeful and energized to see Democrats already showing up and organizing.
In 2025 and 2026, the stakes have never been higher.
I'm hopeful and energized to see Democrats already showing up and organizing.