Eyes On Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax As Gov. Northam Resists Calls To Resign

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February 4th, 2019

Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D-Va), has not called for embattled Gov. Ralph Northam to resign. Should Northam step aside, Fairfax would become Virginia’s second black Governor

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Updated at 4:20 p.m. ET

Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax is a lot of things Virginia’s current governor is not: young, charismatic and part of a multicultural wave sweeping through the commonwealth’s Democratic Party.

He could soon be called upon to lead the state, should Gov. Ralph Northam, a fellow Democrat, reverse course and adhere to the avalanche of calls — from inside and outside Virginia — for him to resign.

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