(The Washington Post) — “He’s got terrific rapport with both sides of the aisle,” said Sen. Richard H. Black (R-Loudoun), perhaps the Senate’s most conservative member.
RICHMOND — Justin Fairfax gets to do two things as Virginia’s lieutenant governor — preside over the state Senate and take over if the governor can’t finish his term.
With Gov. Ralph Northam (D) alive and well, that leaves Fairfax with a largely ceremonial gig in the Senate. He made his biggest splash there by stepping off the dais one day — the first African American elected to Virginia statewide office in a generation, quietly protesting a tribute to Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson.
Click to continue reading. By Laura Vozzella – April 27, 2018. Photo caption:
Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D), top left, and House Speaker M. Kirkland Cox (R-Colonial Heights), right, talk with Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) after the governor’s State of the Commonwealth address in January. (Steve Helber/AP)