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 - the governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general - were involved in various scandals. Governor Ralph Northam's yearbook page featured him in blackface and a Ku Klux Klan hood, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax was accused of assaulting a professor in 2004, and Attorney General Mark Herring wore blackface at a college party.