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Line 39: \| website = [http://www.mceachin.house.gov House website] }} '''Aston Donald McEachin''' {{IPAc-en\|m\|ə\|ˈ\|k\|iː\|tʃ\|ə\|n}} (born October 10, 1961) is an [[American politician]] and [[lawyer]] who is the [[U.S. House of Representatives\|U.S. Representative]] from [[Virginia's 4th congressional district\|Virginia's 4th district]]. A [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democrat]], he served in the [[Virginia House of Delegates]] 1996–2002 and 2006–2008. {{as of \| 2012 \| 11 \| alt =From 2008 to 2017, he served in the [[Senate of Virginia]], representing the 9th district, made up of [[Charles City County, Virginia\|Charles City County]], plus parts of [[Henrico County, Virginia\|Henrico County]] and the [[Richmond, Virginia\|city of Richmond]].}}<ref name="sov">{{cite web \| title = Senator A. Donald McEachin; Democrat-District 9 \| publisher = Senate of Virginia \| url = http://apps.lis.virginia.gov/sfb1/Senate/senatorwebprofile.aspx?id=210 \| accessdate = 2012-11-16 \| deadurl = yes \| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130109190013/http://apps.lis.virginia.gov/sfb1/Senate/senatorwebprofile.aspx?id=210 \| archivedate = 2013-01-09 \| df = }}</ref><ref name="hod2007">{{cite web \| title = Virginia House of Delegates; Session 2007; McEachin, A. Donald (Donald) \| publisher = Virginia House of Delegates \| url = http://dela.state.va.us/dela/Membios.nsf/94f6e9b9c9b5678f85256b1b00732227/13c6b47a0a1666c3852570d2005e9ea8?OpenDocument \| accessdate = 2012-11-16}}</ref> McEachin ran for Congress for the open seat of Virginia's 4th congressional district vacated by [[Republican party (United States)\|Republican]] [[Randy Forbes]] in 2016 and won the general election with 57.3% of the votes. <ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/virginia-house-district-4-mceachin-wade \|title=Virginia U.S. House 4th District Results: Donald McEachin Wins \|last=The New York Times \|date=2016-11-09}}</ref> In 2001, he was the Democratic Party's nominee for [[Attorney General of Virginia]], but he lost the election to [[Jerry Kilgore (politician)\|Jerry Kilgore]]. ==Early life, education, business career== Line 57: 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 Senate\|United States Senator]] [[George Allen (U.S. politician)\|George Allen]] in Allen's unsuccessful 2006 reelection campaign against [[Jim Webb]].<ref name="washtimes">{{cite news \| title = Allen endorsement dogs Lambert's re-election bid \| work = The Washington Times \| date = 2007-06-09 \| url = http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/jun/09/20070609-111020-1267r/ \| accessdate = 2009-01-25}}</ref> After defeating Lambert 58%-42% in the primary,<ref name="sbe200706">{{cite web\|title=2007 June Democratic Primary Official Results \|publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections \|url=https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/Data/2007/FF531BB4-AA39-4797-9CCE-21999D9EC84D/official/7_s.shtml \|accessdate=2009-01-25 \|deadurl=yes \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002102634/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/Data/2007/FF531BB4-AA39-4797-9CCE-21999D9EC84D/official/7_s.shtml \|archivedate=2011-10-02 \|df= }}</ref> McEachin won 81% of the vote against [[Independent (politician)\|independent]] Silver Persinger in the general election.<ref name="sbe2007">{{cite web\|title=November 6, 2007 General Election Official Results \|publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections \|url=https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2007/196E44FA-8B19-4240-9A44-737216DAA55D/Unofficial/7_s.shtml \|accessdate=2012-11-16 \|deadurl=yes \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002101836/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2007/196E44FA-8B19-4240-9A44-737216DAA55D/Unofficial/7_s.shtml \|archivedate=October 2, 2011 \|df= }}</ref> He was unopposed for reelection in 2011.<ref name="sbe2011">{{cite web \| title = November 2011 General Election Official Results \| publisher = Virginia State Board of Elections \| url = https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2011/EB178FD6-875D-4B0D-A295-900A0482F523/Official/7_s.shtml \| accessdate = 2012-11-16 \| deadurl = yes \| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130708165741/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2011/EB178FD6-875D-4B0D-A295-900A0482F523/Official/7_s.shtml \| archivedate = 2013-07-08 \| df = }}</ref> Midway through his third term in the state senate, McEachin got an opportunity to transfer to federal politics. A federal court threw out Virginia's original congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. A new map saw almost all of Richmond, along with all of [[Petersburg, Virginia\|Petersburg]] and most of the majority-black precincts in Henrico County (including McEachin's home), shifted from the 3rd District to the 4th District. That district had been represented by Republican [[Randy Forbes]] since a 2001 special election, but the addition of these majority-black areas turned the 4th from a Republican-leaning swing district into a heavily Democratic district. Rather than face certain defeat in the redrawn 4th, Forbes made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination in the 2nd District. McEachin defeated Cheasapeake city councilwoman Ella Ward for the Democratic nomination, then handily defeated Republican Henrico County sheriff Mike Wade in the general election.