In 2019, all three of Virginia's statewide executive office holders, all Democrats, were embroiled in various controversies. Governor Ralph Northam's medical school yearbook page had featured an individual in blackface and an individual in a Ku Klux Klan hood, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax was accused of having sexually assaulted a professor in 2004, and Attorney General Mark Herring was revealed to have worn blackface at a college party.
In 2019, all three of Virginia's top Democratic officials found themselves entangled in numerous scandals. Governor Ralph Northam's medical school yearbook page featured a person in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan hood, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax was accused of sexually assaulting a professor in 2004, and Attorney General Mark Herring was exposed for wearing blackface at a college party.