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Northam Reflects on Strange Year, Looks Forward to Recovery Gov. Ralph Northam delivering the 2021 State of the Commonwealth Address to an empty House of Delegates chamber. (Photo: Craig Carper/VPM News) The COVID-19 pandemic loomed large over Gov. Ralph Northam’s State of the Commonwealth address Wednesday night. The governor proposed a litany of legislative priorities to offset the effects of the virus which has claimed the lives of over 5,500 Virginians, including Sen. Ben Chafin who was h...