Senator Don McEachin (D-Richmond)

Party Democratic Photo of Don McEachin
District 9: Charles City County (All), Henrico County (Part), Richmond City (Part), Hanover County (Part) [map]
Took Office January 2008
Next Election November 2015
Committees Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, Courts of Justice, Privileges and Elections
Age 50
Website donaldmceachin.com
Fundraising $15,418 cash on hand (From VPAP)
Copatroning Habits 68% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 58% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 55% of them are Democrats.
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Bills Passed 11.1% in 2011
Bio

Attorney at the McEachin Law Firm. Represented the 74th House District from 1996-2001, when he stepped down to run for attorney general. After losing the race to Republican Jerry Kilgore he regained the seat via a primary victory and was reelected in 2005. He helding the seat for a single term before moving up to the senate by defeating Sen. Benny Lambert in the Democratic primary. Received his BS from American University and his JD from the University of Virginia. Married with three daughters.

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Donor Sector Total
Mceachin For Delegate Democratic candidate committees $55,687
Actblue Virginia Democratic-based groups (but not official party committees) and generic liberal/progressive ones $16,186
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Attorneys & law firms $7,000
Little, Christopher Mark Physicians $5,000
Dominion Energy production & distribution $5,000
Virginia League Of Conservation Voters Environmental policy $3,954
Home Builders Association Of Virginia Residential construction $3,358
Hershey, Loren W Attorneys & law firms $2,500
Virginia State Legislative Black Caucus Democratic Party committees $2,500
International Brotherhood Of Teamsters Teamsters unions $2,500

Data provided by The National Institute on Money in State Politics.

Recent Mentions on Blogs

Castle doctrine bill passes state Senate - The News Desk

February 2, 2012
All this bill does is set up a jury instruction,” said Sen. Don McEachin, D–Richmond. “It came out in the Courts of Justice Committee that the actual common-law castle doctrine provides more defense for someone than this bill ...

Virginia Shooting Sports Association: VSSA Legislative Update

February 2, 2012
SB 323, the Senate bill to repeal handgun rationing was passed by for the day in a stall tactic by anti-rights Senator Don McEachin (D-Richmond). Also in the Senate yesterday, the Senate Courts of Justice Committee defeated ...

Virginia Shooting Sports Association: House Passes Repeal of ...

February 1, 2012
In the Senate, SB 323 was engrossed and moved to Third Reading (final vote) but as the Senate was moving to bills on First Reading, anti-gun Senator Don McEachin (D-R) moved that the Senate reconsider the vote to engross and move the bill ... They are focusing on six senators, one of which voted for the bill in Senate Courts of Justice. Gun owners need to counter this with calls to the six targeted senators listed below. Sen. Harry Blevins (R-14th) - (804) 698-7514 ...

NRA-ILA | Virginia: Busy Day in Richmond as Action Taken on ...

February 1, 2012
At this hearing, gun owners received good news when state Senator Don McEachin's (D-9) legislation to close the so-called “gun-show loophole” was passed by indefinitely (defeated). Senate Bill 379 would create a Class 2 ...

Cole's voter bill draws protests - The News Desk

January 31, 2012
Sen. Don McEachin, D–Richmond said: “These bills don't recognize color. They recognize class; they discriminate against the elderly; they discriminate against those who live in the margins.” Democrats said voters who have ...

Recent Mentions in the Media

Washington Post (blog): House, Senate back proposal to allow adoption agencies to deny placements for ...

February 3, 2012
?Any bill that sanctions discrimination is unfortunate and misguided,'' Sen. Don McEachin (D-Henrico) said. The Board of Social Services already adopted regulations that some say allow discrimination by private agencies based on gender, age, religion, ...

Washington Examiner (blog): Va. Senate delivers victory for gun-rights groups

February 2, 2012
"We often claim we're immunizing, we're protecting people," said Sen. Don McEachin, D-Henrico. "All this bill does is set up a jury instruction." Meanwhile, the House of Delegates voted earlier to lift the state's one-handgun-a-month restriction, ...and more »

The Free Lance-Star (blog): Castle doctrine bill passes state Senate

February 2, 2012
All this bill does is set up a jury instruction,? said Sen. Don McEachin, D?Richmond. ?It came out in the Courts of Justice Committee that the actual common-law castle doctrine provides more defense for someone than this bill does.and more »

The Free Lance-Star (blog): Cole's voter bill draws protests

January 31, 2012
Cole's voter bill draws protestsSen. Don McEachin, D?Richmond said: ?These bills don't recognize color. They recognize class; they discriminate against the elderly; they discriminate against those who live in the margins.? Democrats said voters who have to vote provisional ballots ...and more »

Williamsburg Yorktown Daily: Dems Say VA GOP Campaigned on Jobs but Pushes Social Agenda as Schools Funding ...

January 31, 2012
"Overall in this, his first budget, the governor is cutting pre-K and K-through-12 education by hundreds of millions of dollars," said Sen. Don McEachin, D-Henrico, the Democratic lawmaker who delivered the response to McDonnell's State of the ...and more »

Below is a randomly assembled series of clips of some of Don McEachin’s briefer remarks on the floor of the senate.

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