Dick Saslaw
Richard Lawrence Saslaw (born February 5, 1940) is an American politician. He is a Democrat. He was in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1976 to 1980. He was elected to the Senate of Virginia.
Saslaw has been the leader of the Virginia Senate Democrats since 1998, and is the current Majority Leader since 2020. He was Minority Leader 1998 through 2008 and again from 2012 through 2014.[1]
He ran for Congress in Virginia's 8th congressional district in 1984. He was defeated by then-Congressman Stanford Parris. He was born in Washington, D.C..
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Meet Senator Saslaw". Saslaw!. Archived from the original on May 19, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Constituent/campaign website
- Senate of Virginia profile
- Past member search for Richard Saslaw, from the Virginia House of Delegates
- Richmond Sunlight website
- Virginia Public Access Project
- Profile at Project Vote Smart
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