Gov. Northam endorses Norfolk native Delegate Jay Jones in Attorney General race
Jay Jones official website
and last updated 2021-03-04 10:22:41-05
RICHMOND, Va. - Governor Northam has announced that he is endorsing Delegate Jay Jones in the 2021 Virginia Attorney General race.
Jay Jones is the current delegate for Virginia s 89th District which covers parts of Hampton Roads and he is a Norfolk native.
The Democratic Primary in this race is in June. Current Attorney General Mark Herring and Jay Jones are the only two Democrats running at this time.
Governor Northam s statement said, âWe have made lasting progressive change over the last four years from Medicaid Expansion to abolishing the death penalty to criminal justice reform, but it is time for a new generation of leaders to take the reins. Jay Jones has stood with me every step of the way in our journey to make Virginia a more just and equitable place to live. He has been my partner as we have worked to change our Com
(The UWI), Press Release
Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Wednesday, January 6, 2021 The PuLSE Institute has announced its naming of a major online lecture series on the contributions of the Caribbean world to US politics after Professor Rupert Lewis. Currently Research Fellow at the PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy at The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Lewis is also a professor emeritus of political thought at The UWI Mona Campus’ Department of Government. He has lectured in political science, political thought and Caribbean, African and global politics for the past forty years.
The virtual innovative speaker programme, Rupert Lewis Caribbean Influence on America and the World: Reparatory Justice and Anti-Poverty Policy Lecture Series, will feature some of the most important voices in the Caribbean region whose work and research deals with issues of economic justice including reparations. Lewis has also been named to the Institute’s National A