Justin E. Fairfax, the lieutenant governor of Virginia, is the next in line to become governor should Gov. Mr. Northam is under intense pressure to resign after admitting that he posed in a racist costume as a medical student more than 30 years ago. A photo of two people dressed in blackface and as a member of the Ku Klux Klan appeared on Mr. Northam’s page in a 1984 yearbook. After acknowledging Friday night that he was in the photo and apologizing, Mr. Northam on Saturday told state Democrats that he now wasn’t sure it was him and resisted calls for his resignation. Here is some of what you should know about Mr. Fairfax:• Mr. Fairfax, 39, a Democrat, was elected lieutenant governor in November 2017, becoming only the second African-American elected to statewide office in Virginia.

Source: New York Times February 02, 2019 19:07 UTC