David Toscano | |
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Minority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
In office November 19, 2011 –December 31, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Ward Armstrong |
Succeeded by | Eileen Filler-Corn |
Member of the VirginiaHouseofDelegates from the 57th district | |
In office January 11,2006 –January 8,2020 | |
Preceded by | Mitchell Van Yahres |
Succeeded by | Sally L. Hudson |
Mayor of Charlottesville | |
In office 1994–1996 | |
Preceded by | Tom Vandever |
Succeeded by | Kay Slaughter |
Personal details | |
Born | David Joseph Toscano June 28,1950 Syracuse,New York,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Nancy Tramontin |
Children | 1 |
Education | Colgate University (BA) Boston College (MA,PhD) University of Virginia (JD) |
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Website | Official website |
David Joseph Toscano (born June 28,1950) is an American politician and lawyer.
A Democrat,he served on the Charlottesville,Virginia city council from 1990 to 2002 and was mayor from 1994 to 1996. [1] In November 2005 he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates,succeeding Mitchell Van Yahres. He represented the 57th district,made up of the city of Charlottesville and part of Albemarle County. [2] [3] Toscano served as House Minority Leader from 2011-2018. [4]
Toscano first won the Democratic nomination for the District 57 House of Delegates seat in 2005. [5]
Toscano only faced a general election opponent three times:in 2005,against Republican,T. W. McCrystal; [6] and in 2009 and 2011 against Independent candidate,Robert Brandon Smith III. [7] [8]
In 2011,Toscano was elected Minority leader in the House of Delegates. [9]
Toscano did not seek reelection in the 2019 election,while facing an already declared challenge in the Democratic Party primary from Sally L. Hudson, [10] who ultimately won the primary and the general election to succeed him in that seat. [11]
Date | Election | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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United States House of Representatives,7th district | |||||
November 2,1982 [12] | General | J. Kenneth Robinson | Republican | 76,752 | 59.86 |
Lindsay G. Dorrier Jr. | Democratic | 46,514 | 36.28 | ||
David J. Toscano | Independent | 4,950 | 3.86 | ||
Write Ins | 8 | 0.00 | |||
Virginia House of Delegates,57th district | |||||
November 8,2005 [6] | General | David J. Toscano | Democratic | 14,121 | 75.27 |
Thomas W. McCrystal | Republican | 4,613 | 24.59 | ||
Write Ins | 27 | 0.14 | |||
Mitchell Van Yahres did not seek reelection;seat stayed Democratic | |||||
November 6,2007 [13] | General | David J. Toscano | Democratic | 10,164 | 98.35 |
Write Ins | 171 | 1.65 | |||
November 3,2009 [7] | General | David J. Toscano | Democratic | 14,071 | 78.18 |
Robert Brandon Smith III | Independent | 3,848 | 21.38 | ||
Write Ins | 79 | 0.44 | |||
November 8,2011 [8] | General | David J. Toscano | Democratic | 10,949 | 80.42 |
Robert Brandon Smith III | Independent | 2,600 | 19.10 | ||
Write Ins | 65 | 0.48 | |||
November 5,2013 [14] | General | David J. Toscano | Democratic | 19,168 | 97.91 |
Write Ins | 409 | 2.09 | |||
November 3,2015 [15] | General | David J. Toscano | Democratic | 10,459 | 96.75 |
Write Ins | 351 | 3.25 | |||
November 8,2017 [16] | General | David J. Toscano | Democratic | 25,419 | 96.89% |
Write Ins | 816 | 3.11% |