VA-GOV: I am sick and tired of this shit. [View all]
A Washington, D.C.-based political action committee is pledging to reach out to 200,000 African-American voters in Virginia to promote Justin Fairfax, the candidate for lieutenant governor who was left off of some fliers printed by the campaign of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ralph Northam.
The Northam campaign printed some fliers that omitted reference to Fairfax, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, at the request of the Laborers’ International Union of North America. The union, a financial backer of Northam’s campaign, requested a flier without Fairfax on it because the group had not endorsed him, according to a spokesman.
Fairfax does not support two controversial natural gas pipelines that have the backing of the union.
The Fairfax-free flier looked similar to one that included him, Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring on it. When compared side by side, the discrepancy led to questions Tuesday about why Fairfax was removed.
Quentin James is the co-founder of the political action committee The Collective, which supports progressive black candidates nationally. He said the image of the fliers side-by-side is “striking” and kept him awake in the middle of the night when he saw it.
http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/pac-pledges-to-turn-out-black-vote-for-justin-fairfax/article_f7c5d84a-34fd-50fb-8958-357418824a50.html
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