In this Feb. 2, 2019 file photo Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, left, gestures as his wife, Pam, listens during a press conference in the Governors Mansion at the Capitol in Richmond. A commission Northam tasked with researching racist laws from the state's past recommended Thursday that dozens be repealed in order to purge the state's books of discriminatory language. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)