Pam Northam is Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s wife. The couple has two children together, Wes and Aubrey.
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Pam Northam pictured on her Facebook page.
Pam Northam is Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s wife. The couple has two children together, Wes and Aubrey. The couple has been married since 1987.
On February 1,2019, photos emerged from Gov. Northam’s medical school yearbook which showed two men on the governor’s page. One was wearing blackface makeup. The other was dressed in a white, similar to the uniform of the Ku Klux Klan. The Eastern Virginia Medical School has confirmed that the image is legitimate. The governor, a Democrat, issued an apology in which he called the image “racist and offensive.” He added, “I recognize that it will take time and serious effort to heal the damage this conduct has caused.”
Here’s what you need to know about Virginia’s first lady:
While her husband was governor-elect in Virginia, Pam did an interview with NBC12. The first lady said that she first met her future husband while the couple was studying in San Antonio. Pam says she was set up on a blind date at a pool party. She described a situation where she was competing with 20 other women at the party for the governor but Pam says she “got the rose.
