Apparently, being accused of rape is good for some....

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    Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax said Thursday that he is “very hopeful about the future” and “thinking very seriously” about a gubernatorial run in 2021.

    Fairfax, who faces sexual assault allegations by two women, said the scandal has raised his public profile for good.


    “Many people a year ago would not have recognized me, now they really do,” Fairfax said. “People come up to me at gas stations, they say, ‘Hey, we recognize you. We love you. We know what they are saying about you is false’ ” …


    Fairfax has insisted the allegations are untrue and a “smear campaign” launched on the cusp of his likely ascent to higher office amid the blackface scandal that has plagued Gov. Ralph Northam.


    The two women have for months requested a public hearing before the General Assembly, where they could testify under oath about their allegations. Fairfax and Democrats in the General Assembly have sought to block efforts by Republicans to hold the hearing, claiming partisan antics and arguing in favor of law enforcement investigations.

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    Terry McAuliffe toyed with a presidential bid for months only to bow out. But back in his adopted state of Virginia, it’s assumed he’s going to run for a second term as governor.


    McAuliffe hasn’t decided, though he doesn’t exactly discourage the speculation, either. But a half-dozen people close to him told POLITICO he’s seriously considering it. And Democrats in Richmond are operating as though it’s a done deal.

    In part because of the problems experienced by Northam, Fairfax, and Herring, McAuliffe has already begun playing a very active role in barnstorming for Democratic legislative candidates. And if things work out, a Democratic legislature could make a second term in Richmond attractive to T-Mac:

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    The Republican-led chamber thwarted McAuliffe’s signature campaign promise of expanding Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act, though it passed after he left office.

    McAuliffe has always been popular among Virginia’s African-Americans, which could help him edge Fairfax out the 2021 race if he decides to enter it. But the lieutenant governor’s more immediate challenge is to clear himself, or at least cast serious doubts upon, allegations he committed a rape in Durham, North Carolina, in 2000 and in another in Boston in 2004. Last week he tried to go on the offensive, as the Newport News Daily Pressreported:

    Saying he wants to “expedite the process” and prove his innocence, an attorney for Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax is officially calling on prosecutors in Durham and Boston to investigate allegations of sexual assault against him.


    The letters, sent Wednesday and provided to the Daily Press by Fairfax’s spokeswoman, come more than four months after two women accused the Democratic lieutenant governor of rape …


    In both letters to the prosecutors, the lawyer says Fairfax is prepared to help with the investigation, testify under oath and be interviewed. He added he hoped the two women would file a criminal complaint and “join me in asking for an investigation and will cooperate in your Office’s investigation of that complaint.”

    Until this saga plays out, Fairfax’s political viability has to be considered very limited. And a potentially large 2021 field of Virginia Republicans are watching the whole show for signs that Democrats are losing their recent political momentum in the state.

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