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TexasTowelie

(112,121 posts)
Mon Mar 20, 2017, 05:20 AM Mar 2017

How outsider Justin Fairfax broke through the Democratic Party in bid for lieutenant governor

Justin Fairfax has a résumé made for politics.

Class president of a Catholic high school in Maryland, he completed his undergraduate degree at Duke University, then served as a “young trustee” on the college’s board. His law degree is from Columbia University, where he was selected for the law review, and he prosecuted criminals as an assistant United States attorney.

He received partial academic scholarships to both schools. His wife, Cerina, is a dentist who in 2015 was named Most Outstanding Alumna of the Last Decade by the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry.

Their kids are cute.

Despite the résumé, however, it hasn’t been simple for Fairfax to crack through the Virginia establishment of his Democratic Party, which currently occupies all five statewide offices with white men.

Read more: http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/how-outsider-justin-fairfax-broke-through-the-democratic-party-in/article_672c7f1d-718b-53e2-890c-0f266eb61aec.html

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How outsider Justin Fairfax broke through the Democratic Party in bid for lieutenant governor (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP
He's the only candidate for LT. Gov that has listed his positions so far. rogue emissary Mar 2017 #1

rogue emissary

(3,148 posts)
1. He's the only candidate for LT. Gov that has listed his positions so far.
Mon Mar 20, 2017, 10:30 AM
Mar 2017

Glad he's getting some press and hope he wins the primary.

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