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  • Time for Cuccinelli to Step Down

    Feb 15

    As a pediatric neurologist and State Senator, I know what it takes to balance big responsibilities and demands on my time.  That's why, thanks to the help of the wonderful partners in my medical practice, I'm able to put practicing medicine on hold while I fight for our values in Richmond.  If I didn't make that responsible choice then neither my patients nor my consitituents would get the attention they deserve.

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  • Northam Delivers 14,000 Signed Petitions Urging McDonnell to Veto Unconstitutional Redistricting Plan

    Feb 5

    Richmond, VA—Today Dr. Ralph Northam, a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, delivered more than 14,000 petitions gathered by his campaign to Governor Bob McDonnell, to urge the Governor to veto the mid-decade redistricting bill, should it end up on his desk.

     

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  • Northam Remarks on Cuccinelli Statement Attacking Social Security and Medicare

    Jan 31

    Richmond, VA-- Dr. Ralph Northam, a Democrat running for Lieutenant Governor, today made the following statement as regarding Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s recent attacks on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security:

     

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  • Northam Calls on Cuccinelli to Resign

    Jan 18

    Richmond, VA—Today Democratic Senator Ralph Northam, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, called on Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to resign over his comments advocating for opponents of federal contraception laws to “go to jail” to fight the law.

     

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  • Dr. Northam Fights for Women’s Rights in Hearing

    Jan 17

    Richmond, VA— Today Dr. Ralph Northam, a Democratic state Senator and candidate for Leiutenant Governor, led an effort to stop the Republican war on women that has sought to limit access to legal and safe health care and made Virginia a national punch line. Northam sponsored SB 1080 and SB 1082, which would have repealed the ill-advised and offensive mandatory ultrasound requirement passed last year, but Republicans defeated both measures on party-line votes in a Senate committee.

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