Ralph Shearer Northam (born September 13, 1959) is an American politician and physician serving as the 73rd Governor of Virginia since January 13, 2018. A pediatric neurologist by occupation, he was an officer in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1984 to 1992. Northam, a member of the Democratic Party, served as the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018 prior to winning the governorship against Republican nominee Ed Gillespie in the 2017 election.
Anti-LGBTQ+ Republican Glenn Youngkin Elected Virginia Governor
parents shouldn’t be telling schools what to teach. And some pundits viewed support for the Republican as a symptom of dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden.
In any case, late Tuesday, Youngkin was declared the winner of the election to succeed pro-LGBTQ+ Democrat Ralph Northam (in Virginia, governors cannot serve consecutive terms).In an October 21 interview with the Washington Blade, McAuliffe called Youngkin the “most homophobic” candidate ever in Virginia. “I ran against Ken Cuccinelli.
