VA-Gov: Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Ralph Northam (D) To Take On The NRA

Ralph Northam (D. VA)

Latest news out of Virginia:

Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, the political arm of one of the nation’s biggest gun control groups, is endorsing Virginia gubernatorial contender Ralph Northam and the rest of the statewide Democratic ticket.

The group, and the Virginia chapter of its affiliated Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, is backing Northam, lieutenant governor contender Justin Fairfax and Attorney General Mark R. Herring’s re-election bid.

It is also endorsing Chris Hurst, a former Roanoke television anchor whose girlfriend was shot and killed on live television, in his bid for a House of Delegates seat . Hurst’s girlfriend, a reporter, and her cameraman were fatally shot by a former employee of the television station, who later killed himself.

All of the candidates will appear Tuesday with Everytown representatives at a formal announcement in Arlington, near the community where a week ago a gunman opened fire at a practice of the Republican congressional baseball team and wounded five people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.).

The action fund is a spinoff of Everytown for Gun Safety, the nation’s highest profile gun-control group that is largely bankrolled by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The fund poured more than $2 million into Virginia Democratic campaigns in 2015 during the party’s unsuccessful bid to regain control of the state Senate.

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