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Virginia Democratic Party: Northam won’t resign

By Allison Elyse Gualtieri
Published February 2, 2019 3:45pm ET
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Virginia Democratic Party: Northam won’t resign
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, center, speaks about the Virginians for Reconciliation and Civility proclamation during a press conference inside the Pocahontas Building in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Behind him, from left, are Del. Delores L. McQuinn, D-Richmond, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, former governor Bob McDonnell and House of Delegates Speaker Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights. | (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Embattled Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, who was expected to hold a press conference Saturday, will not resign.

That’s according to the Virginia Democratic Party, which announced on Twitter it had “made the decision to let Governor Northam do the correct thing and resign this morning – we have gotten word he will not do so this morning.”

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