(Andrew Harnik/Associated Press)Former president Barack Obama is making his first campaign foray of 2017, agreeing to stump for Democrat Ralph Northam in his bid to be Virginia’s next governor. Ralph Northam had with President Barack Obama.”An aide to Obama confirmed that the former president agreed to campaign for Northam during a congratulatory call, although no events have been planned. The Virginia governor’s race, one of just two gubernatorial contests this year, is shaping up as the next high-profile electoral contest in the era of President Trump. Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam, the state's lieutenant governor. The former president attended a March fundraiser for Gillespie in Dallas and wrote a $25,000 check for his gubernatorial campaign.

Source: Washington Post June 23, 2017 00:07 UTC