Several members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, including its chairman, Del. Lamont Bagby, D-Henrico, could not immediately be reached for comment on Sunday.

Northam told CBS that he had thought about resigning amid calls from Democrats and Republicans for him to step down.

“Virginia needs someone that can heal. There’s no better person to do that than a doctor,” said Northam, a pediatric neurologist. “Virginia also needs someone who is strong, who has empathy, who has courage and who has a moral compass. And that’s why I’m not going anywhere.”

The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus first called for Northam to resign on Feb. 1, the day the governor said: “I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did” in a 1984 yearbook photo that featured one man in blackface and another man in Ku Klux Klan robes.

The next day, after Northam walked back his statement at a news conference, saying he was not in the photo, the caucus issued a new statement, amplifying its call for Northam to resign.

The latest flare-up came as Virginians continued to sort through simultaneous scandals that have made the state’s leaders the subject of ridicule on late night talk shows and on “Saturday Night Live.”

Days after he called for Northam to resign, Attorney General Mark Herring admitted on Wednesday that he had worn blackface while dressing as a rapper at a college party in 1980. On Friday, a second woman came forward and accused Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault, prompting mass calls for the lieutenant governor to resign.