Gubernatorial candidates Ed Gillespie, left, a Republican, and Lt. Gov. Ralph S. Northam, a Democrat, in a photo opportunity between their separate appearances at the NAACP candidates’ forum Sept. 7 at Virginia Union University.
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Candidates address education, Confederate statues at NAACP forum
The major party candidates seeking to become Virginia’s next governor offered different visions for Virginia’s public education system at a candidates’ forum hosted Sept. 7 by several state NAACP branches. At the forum held at Virginia Union University, Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph S. Northam and Republican Ed Gillespie said they want Virginia’s schools to be top notch, but differ slightly on how to make it so.
