RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney has announced that he will be running for lieutenant governor instead of governor.
This comes after Stoney announced his candidacy for governor on Dec. 4.
“After careful consideration with my family, I believe that the best way to ensure that all Virginia families do get the change they deserve is for our party to come together, avoid a costly and damaging primary and, for me to run instead for lieutenant governor,” Stoney said in a release to media during the morning on Tuesday, April 23.
Stoney continued to explain what he felt was at stake in the race for governor, saying the move would prevent “an ugly primary for governor.”
“Given everything at stake in the next Governor’s race — from reproductive rights to education funding and tax fairness — I believe this is a time when Democrats must stand united and avoid an ugly primary for governor,” Stoney said.
