Background
Northam is the son of Nancy B. Shearer, a nurse, and her husband Wescott B. Northam, a former Commonwealth"s Attorney and Circuit Court judge in Accomack County, Virginia, and He grew up in Onancock, Virginia.
military neurologist physician politician
Northam is the son of Nancy B. Shearer, a nurse, and her husband Wescott B. Northam, a former Commonwealth"s Attorney and Circuit Court judge in Accomack County, Virginia, and He grew up in Onancock, Virginia.
Northam attended Virginia Military Institute, where he was President of the Honor Court. During his army service, he completed a pediatric residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, followed by a child neurology fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, District of Columbia
On November 5, 2013, Northam became the first Democrat since Tim Kaine in 2001 to be elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, defeating the Republican nominee, East.W. Jackson, a conservative African-American activist and minister. He went on to Eastern Virginia Medical School, obtaining his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1984. During Operation Desert Storm, he treated evacuated casualties at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.
In 1992 Northam established a pediatric neurology practice at Children"s Hospital of the King"s Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia.
Northam currently lives in Norfolk. He has two children, Wes and Aubrey.
Virginia State Senate
Northam first ran for office in 2007 in the Virginia 6th Senate district, which includes the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Mathews County, on the Middle Peninsula.
And parts of the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
He was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. On November 6, 2007, he defeated Nick Rerras, a two-term Republican incumbent, 17,307 votes to 14,499. He was re-elected in November 2011, defeating Ben Loyola, Junior., a defense contractor, 16,606 votes to 12,622.
This action would have given Republicans control of the State Senate, but after news of the imminent switch broke on Twitter, Democrats held a closed-door meeting, and Northam reiterated that he was not leaving the party.
He later said, "I guess it"s nice to be wanted, but I"m a Democrat, and that"s where I"m staying."
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
Northam ran for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the 2013 election. Northam competed against United States. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra for the Democratic nomination.
On November 5, 2013, Northam was elected over Republican East.W. Jackson by a 10% margin, receiving 55% of the vote to Jackson"s 45%. In February of 2015, just over a year into his term as Lieutenant Governor, Northam confirmed his interest in running for Governor of Virginia in 2017.
In 2009, Northam — a self-described "conservative on fiscal issues and liberal on social issues" — was the subject of an attempt by State Senate Republicans to get him to switch parties.