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Congressman donald mceachin defends the affordable care act
Aston Donald McEachin /məˈkiːtʃən/ (born October 10, 1961) is an American politician and lawyer who is the U.S. Representative from Virginia's 4th district. A Democrat, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates 1996–2002 and 2006–2008. From 2008 to 2017, he served in the Senate of Virginia, representing the 9th district, made up of Charles City County, plus parts of Henrico County and the city of Richmond. McEachin ran for Congress for the open seat of Virginia's 4th congressional district vacated by Republican Randy Forbes in 2016 and won the general election with 57.3% of the votes.
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- Congressman donald mceachin defends the affordable care act
- Congressman donald mceachin speaks against executive order on immigration
- Early life education business career
- Political career
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Congressman donald mceachin speaks against executive order on immigration
Early life, education, business career
McEachin was born in Nuremberg, Germany. He attended St. Christopher's School in Richmond. In 1982, he received a B.S. degree in political history from American University. After that, he attended the University of Virginia School of Law, where he received a J.D. in 1986. He also received a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) from Virginia Union University in 2008.
He began to practice law in Richmond after completing law school, eventually becoming a partner in his own firm, McEachin and Gee.
As of 2012, his wife, Colette, was a lawyer with the Richmond Commonwealth's attorney's office. They have three children.
On August 25, 2015, Senator McEachin's name was found on the list of users of the Ashley Madison website. McEachin's response to the revelation was "At this time, this is a personal issue between my family and me. I will have no further statement on this issue.”
Political career
McEachin was first elected to the House of Delegates from the 74th district in 1995. After three terms there, he ran for Attorney General of Virginia in 2001. He won a four-way Democratic primary with 33.6% of the vote, but lost the general election to Republican Jerry W. Kilgore by 20 percentage points.
In 2005 he ran again for the 74th House district, defeating his predecessor, Floyd Miles, by 44 votes in the Democratic primary, and winning the general election with 75% of the vote.
In 2007, McEachin ran for the state Senate, challenging 9th District incumbent Benjamin Lambert, who drew criticism within the Democratic Party for his endorsement of Republican United States Senator George Allen in Allen's unsuccessful 2006 reelection campaign against Jim Webb. After defeating Lambert 58%-42% in the primary, McEachin won 81% of the vote against independent Silver Persinger in the general election.
He was unopposed for reelection in 2011.