1. Justin Edward Fairfax was born on February 17,1979 and is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st lieutenant governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022.
24 Facts About Justin Fairfax
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Justin Fairfax was presented with a copy of the manumission document by his father on the day he was sworn in as Virginia's lieutenant governor in 2018.
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Justin Fairfax moved with his family from Pittsburgh to Northeast Washington, DC, when he was five years old.
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One of four children, Justin Fairfax graduated from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, where he was senior class president.
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Justin Fairfax then graduated from Duke University in 2000, with a degree in public policy.
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Justin Fairfax was a briefing coordinator for Tipper Gore during the 2000 presidential campaign of Al Gore, in the campaign's Nashville, Tennessee office.
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Justin Fairfax was a staffer for Democratic senator John Edwards of North Carolina, in his Washington office.
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Justin Fairfax then served as law clerk to Judge Gerald Bruce Lee of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 2005.
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Justin Fairfax worked in the Washington office of the law firm WilmerHale before joining the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia in 2010.
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Justin Fairfax worked for two years as a federal prosecutor in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Justin Fairfax served as deputy coordinator of the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force during this time.
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Justin Fairfax ran for public office for the first time in 2013, seeking the Democratic nomination for state attorney general.
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Justin Fairfax lost to Mark Herring, but surprised party insiders with his strong performance in the primary.
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Justin Fairfax was a visitor at the Sanford School of Public Policy from 2008 to 2014 and again in 2015.
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Justin Fairfax then faced Republican nominee Jill Vogel, a state senator from Fauquier County, in the general election.
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Justin Fairfax became only the second African-American in Virginia history to be elected to statewide office.
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Justin Fairfax announced in December 2017 that he was leaving his law firm, Venable.
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Justin Fairfax became the first head of the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association, which was launched in August 2018.
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On January 19,2019, Fairfax protested a tribute in the state Senate honoring Confederate General Robert E Lee's birthday.
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Tyson said she had suppressed memories of the event but began telling close friends about it when she saw pictures of Justin Fairfax running for lieutenant governor in 2017.
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Tyson had first approached The Washington Post with her allegation after Justin Fairfax won election in November 2017, but the Post said that it decided not to run the story because it could not corroborate the story or find similar incidents in Justin Fairfax's past.
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Justin Fairfax insinuated that supporters of Northam, or someone connected with Richmond mayor Levar Stoney, a potential political rival since both were speculated as possible Democratic candidates for governor in 2021, may have been behind the allegation going public.
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The second allegation caused a wave of calls for Justin Fairfax to resign from politicians including many Democrats in the General Assembly; most of Virginia's Democratic members of Congress, including Tim Kaine; former governor Terry McAuliffe; and multiple nationally prominent Democrats, including several running for president in 2020.
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Justin Fairfax is supportive of gun control measures such as universal background checks, a ban on high-capacity magazines, and an assault weapons ban.