Senator Don McEachin (D-Richmond)

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District 9: Charles City County (All), Henrico County (Part), Richmond City (Part) [map]
Took Office January 2008
Next Election November 2011
Committees Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, Commerce and Labor, General Laws and Technology, Privileges and Elections
Age 47
Website donaldmceachin.com
Fundraising $28,167 cash on hand (From VPAP)
Copatroning Habits 73% 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, 56% of them are Democrats.
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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
Act Blue Virginia Democratic-based groups (but not official party committees) and generic liberal/progressive ones $16,186
Virginia Trial Lawyers Assoc Attorneys & law firms $7,000
Little, Christopher M Uncoded $5,000
Dominion Energy production & distribution $5,000
Virginia League Of Conservation Voters Environmental policy $3,954
Home Builders Assoc Of Virginia Residential construction $3,358
Teamsters/Ibt Drive Teamsters unions $2,500
Virginia State Legislative Black Caucus Democratic Party committees $2,500
Hershey, Loren Attorneys & law firms $2,500

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

Recent Mentions on Blogs

Tertium Quids: A Setback for Richmond's Elite, and the Dawn of the Cantor Machine

June 10, 2009
The gubernatorial primary aside, there were a few interesting developments in Central Virginia that bear mentioning.One was the Democratic primary in the 69th district to replace Frank Hall. Some members of the local political gentry decided their candidate was Carlos Brown. Over the weekend, residents were greeted with a robo-call from sen. Don McEachin inviting folks to a (free!) fish fry where they could meet Mr. Brown and glad-hand with Sen. Henry Marsh and Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones.A nice...

Waldo Jaquith: The legislature?s most prolific copatrons.

June 10, 2009
The more time that I spend mapping the social relationships of legislators via their copatroning habits, the more fascinated that I am by this mechanism of exploring the General Assembly. It really is a powerful tool. (To see one of the ways I?m using it on Richmond Sunlight now, check out HB1721 , SB1436 , or HB2482 , where you can see a graph indicating the average partisan position of each bill?s cosponsors.) Here?s a less thoughtful usage of this data, but no less interesting: a listi...

ShaunKenney.com: David Ray: Convention or Primary?

June 1, 2009
David Ray is a State Central Committee member from the 11th District and a staunch conservative.  This is a rather lengthy and intense debate within the Republican Party of Virginia, and has long been a topic of coversation.  Ray does an outstanding job of outlining the problem in its entirety, and distributed this work to most of the folks on Bloggers Row at the state convention. I forward it with his permission here for your perusal (nay ? you should print this and read over lunch this wee...

Tertium Quids: Cranwell Doing McDonnell's Heavy Lifting with Conservatives

March 29, 2009
While I realize their ideological hearts are in the right place, I couldn't help but chuckle over the quotes from DPVA chairman Dickie Cranwell and Sen. Don McEachin in response to Bob McDonnell's campaign kick-off:"Bob McDonnell's got a tough sell if he aims to convince Virginians that he's different from the obstructionist Bob McDonnell that I've known for 15 years," said state Democratic Party Chairman C. Richard Cranwell of Vinton, who served with McDonnell in the House of Delegates."I know ...

Virginia Bioscience Blog: VA Biotech Bills Final Action Today

February 27, 2009
More than a year's work on proposals to help promote the bioscience and advanced technology industry in Virginia comes down to actions by the General Assembly today. SB 1338, the "omnibus" biotech bill patroned by Senator Mark Herring, won advancement to a conference committee late yesterday afternoon. The Senate appointed Mark Herring, Don McEachin and Jill Vogel as conferees. House conferees are Mark Sickles, Sam Nixon and John O' Bannon. The goal of VaBio is to help the advocates on both si...
Recent Mentions in the Media

Daily Kos: Virginiaviewing the statewide races through the lens of local ...

June 16, 2009
- He has received strong validation from State Senators Don McEachin and Henry Marsh, at a rally on Saturday in Williamsburg Rep. Bobby Scott advocated for ...and more »

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