I just love it, the democrats were all excited "we gonna have a black man! 2nd black man in history to hold this position!" and there is a rule in Virginia where a governor can only have one term, so since this wouldn't technically be Fairfax's first term, they were glad cuz they could have had a democrat as governor for the next 6-7 years.
Womp womp, that's gone.
And I guarantee you the reason they went after Northam so hard to resign is cuz a black guy could replace him for potentially 6-7 years, they get a dem in power for a long time and the diversity points they crave. Notice they aren't going as hard after the AG to resign? Cuz his resignation gets them nothing.