work has received multiple Emmy nominations, and her 1998 documentary Yuri The Great won an Emmy Award in 1999. Political career Cockburn was the 2018 Democratic nominee for Virginia's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. She announced her candidacy in July 2017, and secured a large majority of delegates over several rival candidates for the nomination in May 2018 at the district Democratic convention to succeed the outgoing Republican representative, Tom Garrett. After winning her party's nomination, she lost to Republican nominee Denver Riggleman in the general election; Riggleman garnered 165,339 votes (53.2%) to Cockburn's 145,040 (46.7%). 547 votes (0.2%) were cast as write-ins. Personal life Cockburn lives in Rappahannock County, Virginia, with her husband, Andrew Cockburn, a journalist and film producer. They married in San Francisco in 1977 and have co-authored several books. They have three children together: Chloe Francis Cockburn (April 3, 1979), Olivia Wilde (March 10, 1984), and Charles Philip Cockburn (January 31, 1993). She has four grandchildren. Her parents-in-law were Claud and Patricia Cockburn. Cockburn had two brothers-in-law, the late Alexander Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn, and the mystery writer Sarah Caudwell was her half-sister in law. Journalists Laura Flanders and Stephanie Flanders are the daughters of her half-brother in law Michael Flanders. Bibliography Books Out of Control: The Story of the Reagan Administration's Secret War in Nicaragua, the Illegal Arms Pipeline, and the Contra Drug Connection. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987. Dangerous Liaison: The Inside Story of the U.S.-Israeli Covert Relationship. with Andrew Cockburn. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. . One Point Safe: The True Story of Russian Nuclear Security, with Andrew Cockburn. New York: Doubleday, 1997. . Looking for Trouble: One Woman, Six Wars and a Revolution. New York: Anchor Books, 1998. . Baghdad Solitaire (novel). Los Angeles, CA: Asahina & Wallace, 2013. . Book contributions "America's Secret War: Guns for Drugs." With Your Tongue Down My Throat. Granta, 22. Cambridge: Granta Publications, August 1987, pp. 151-165. References External links Leslie Cockburn at the Harold Weisberg Collection Leslie Cockburn for Congress. Archived campaign website. 1952 births Living people 20th-century American journalists 21st-century American journalists Alumni of SOAS University of London American documentary filmmakers American expatriates in England American foreign policy writers American memoirists American television news producers American television reporters and correspondents American women war correspondents American women journalists Leslie People from Hillsborough, California People from San Mateo, California Princeton University