A Jamaican is the first black woman running for Virginia lieutenant governor
Winsome Earle Sears, 54, who emigrated from Jamaica as a child, joined an already crowded field of seven Democrats and six Republicans vying to be their party's candidate in the Virginia General Assembly election Norfolk the House of Delegates.
It will come as no surprise to most of us, but a Jamaican is the first black Republican woman to throw her hat in the ring to run for lieutenant governor of Virginia, United States, according to ABC 8News.
As a Republican, she advocates gun ownership, saying it deters crimes, not gun-control laws, and supports school choice in Virginia, according to her campaign website.
Sears, who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2004, served on the Virginia Board of Education and was appointed to the US Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Women Veterans by then-President George W Bush. She served as a Marine pilot before running for office.
The winner of the election as lieutenant governor is seen as a shoo-in for the prize of Virginia governor, ABC 8News said. The official duties of Virginia's lieutenant governor include presiding over the Virginia Senate and succeeding the governor if he/she were to leave office before the term is up. The lieutenant governor also casts tie-breaking votes if senators are split on a measure.
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