Until Saturday, E.W. Jackson was known primarily in political circles as a preacher noteworthy for his conservative activism and controversial rhetoric about abortion, gay people, Muslims and Barack Obama. That changed the instant he claimed the Virginia Republican nomination for lieutenant governor from a field of seven candidates, becoming just the second African American picked by the party to run for statewide office. The past invective by the Chesapeake-based minister is coming under renewed scrutiny as he takes his place on the GOP ticket in Virginia's closely watched November election. Over the years, Jackson, 61, has called the Planned Parenthood abortion rights group "far more lethal to black lives than the KKK" for committing genocide against unborn black babies.