By james art 
A special election cascade after last year’s promotion at a state senator in the Congress prompted JJ Singh to take a seat at the Loudoun County delegates.
Singh says he is the first person in the history of the country to carry a turban to a state legislator. Practitioning Sikhist, he is proud of this title and as the most member of the most continuous legislative body in the New World.
Singh said his origin and diversity of his area is a testament to overcome the Virginia Civil War and Jim Crowe’s history,
“It is not despite living in the south, despite living in Virginia, I succeeded in this election; This is because I live in Virginia, I had a success in these elections, “Singh said as we drove an elevator next to his office in the General Assembly building.
I talked to a single after a press conference that announced the success of his bill, which would require a notification to the parents if the student had a drug overdose at school. This is a controversial issue that comes to life a tumultuous conservative base in its Loudoun County.
He won his race with 25 points just over a month earlier.
His first public service was with Meare Corp out Out College. After the City School, he worked at the White House at President Barack Obama’s budget office, then as a Senate employee. He is now president of a chain of resorts and hotels and has two daughters, aged six and four.
“I am concerned about their future. Weapon violence is the number one reason for death. They have less rights than my wife a few years ago. And college training costs have jumped, “He tells me.” So these are the reasons why I was running. “
He has noticed several major changes to Richmond compared to his DC days. There is less time, more accounts and more votes. But he said the process was less opaque than what he saw in Washington.
“In fact, I think the way Virginia does is quite impressive,” he said.
In the legislative session he identified several victories; Beyond the bill of notification of an overdose, it has an effort to expand the number of retailers who can sell safes for tax credit, and a bill that wants better security guidelines in places of worship.
Whether this success lies or not when he faces other elections in November remains to be seen.