Politics & Government
Joe Biden In Reston This Weekend
The former vice president is stumping for Va. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam on Saturday at Reston Town Center.
RESTON, VA — Former Vice President Joe Biden will visit Reston this weekend to campaign on behalf of Democratic candidate for governor Ralph Northam in his race against Republican Ed Gillespie.
Biden and Northam will host a roundtable discussion on workforce development on Saturday. It will happen at the "Refraction" co-working space at Reston Town Center, 11911 Freedom Drive, according to multiple reports.
"Ralph and the Vice President will discuss Ralph’s G3 plan -- Get Skilled, Get A Job and Give Back -- to develop a skilled workforce to fill the essential, well-paying new collar jobs of the 21st century in cybersecurity, computer programming, clean energy, healthcare and other high needs areas," Northam's office said in a Tuesday statement, according to an NBC 4 report.
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Meanwhile, Vice President Mike Pence will be rallying with Gillespie in Abingdon in southwest Virginia the same day.
Northam will also be going around knocking on doors in Herndon and Reston on Saturday, starting at 131 Elden Street in Herndon, according to the campaign's website.
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Northam, the current Virginia lieutenant governor, is facing off against a candidate who used to be chairman of the Republican National Committee. Northam holds a slim lead in polls.
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