Former U.S. AG Eric Holder to headline Virginia Democrats' Jefferson-Jackson dinner in June
Eric Holder, who served as U.S. attorney general under President Barack Obama and who is taking a lead role in a national Democratic redistricting effort, will headline the state Democratic party’s Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in June.
Holder, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, will keynote the event on June 17 at the Richmond Marriott, days after Democrats and Republicans pick their candidates for statewide office in a June 13 primary.
Holder has called the Virginia governor’s race an important early focus for the group. The governor who is elected in November will preside as state lawmakers redraw legislative and congressional boundaries after the 2020 census.
“This November’s elections in Virginia are a top priority for Democrats and give us the opportunity to undo Republican gerrymandering and have a legislature and Congress that truly represent the views of the people,” Holder said in a statement provided by the Democratic Party of Virginia.
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