Joseph E. Preston | |
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Member of the VirginiaHouseofDelegates from the 63rd district | |
In office January 14, 2015 –January 13, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Rosalyn Dance |
Succeeded by | Lashrecse Aird |
Personal details | |
Born | Joseph Edward Preston November 30,1956 Omaha,Nebraska,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Morehouse College (BA) Howard University (JD) |
Joseph Edward Preston (born November 30,1956) [1] is an American attorney and politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party,Preston represented the 63rd district in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Preston was born in Omaha,Nebraska,and graduated from Omaha Central High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University and a Juris Doctor from the Howard University School of Law.
Preston ran in the Democratic Party primary election in 1993[ vague ] against incumbent Jay DeBoer but lost. [1] He ran in a special election,held in January 2015,to fill the seat of Rosalyn Dance,a Democrat who was elected to the Virginia State Senate. [2] Preston then challenged Dance in the June 2015 primary election for the State Senate seat and was defeated. [3] [4]
Preston lives in Petersburg,Virginia. [4]
Date | Election | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Virginia House of Delegates,63rd district | |||||
Sep 11,1991 [5] | Primary | Jay W. DeBoer | Democratic | 3,717 | 53.43 |
Joseph E. Preston | Democratic | 2,279 | 32.76 | ||
Florence S. Farley | Democratic | 961 | 13.81 | ||
Jun 8,1993 [6] | Primary | Jay W. DeBoer | Democratic | 3,167 | 57.95 |
Joseph E. Preston | Democratic | 2,298 | 42.05 | ||
Jan 6,2015 [7] | Special | Joseph E. Preston | Democratic | 1,213 | 78.61 |
William H. Jones,Jr. | Independent | 285 | 18.47 | ||
Write Ins | 45 | 2.91 | |||
Rosalyn Dance was elected to the Senate;seat stayed Democratic | |||||
Virginia Senate,16th district | |||||
Jun 9,2015 [8] | Primary | Rosalyn R. Dance | Democratic | 4,967 | 62.04 |
Joseph E. Preston | Democratic | 3,039 | 37.96 | ||
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