David Joseph Toscano (born June 28, 1950) is an American politician and lawyer.
Career
A
Democrat, he served on the
Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen Ch ...
city council from 1990 to 2002 and was
mayor from 1994 to 1996. 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.
[Virginia House of Delegates bio, 2009] Toscano served as House Minority Leader from 2011-2018.
Electoral history
Toscano first won the Democratic nomination for the District 57 House of Delegates seat in 2005.
Toscano only faced a general election opponent three times: in 2005, against Republican, T. W. McCrystal;
and in 2009 and 2011 against Independent candidate, Robert Brandon Smith III.
In 2011, Toscano was elected Minority leader in the House of Delegates.
Toscano did not seek reelection in the
2019 election, while facing an already declared challenge in the Democratic Party primary from
Sally L. Hudson
Sally L. Hudson is an economist and state legislator in Virginia. Elected in 2019, she is the first woman to represent the 57th district in the Virginia House of Delegates. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes all of th ...
, who ultimately won the primary and the general election to succeed him in that seat.
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1950 births
20th-century American politicians
21st-century American politicians
Boston College alumni
Colgate University alumni
Lawyers from Syracuse, New York
Living people
Mayors of Charlottesville, Virginia
Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates
Politicians from Syracuse, New York
University of Virginia School of Law alumni
Virginia city council members
Virginia lawyers
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