Rosalyn Dance
Rosalyn Dance | |
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Member of the Virginia Senate from the 16th district | |
Assumed office November 9, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Henry L. Marsh |
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 63rd district | |
In office April 6, 2005 – November 9, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Fenton Bland |
Succeeded by | Joseph E. Preston |
Personal details | |
Born |
Chesterfield County, Virginia | February 10, 1948
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Nathaniel A. Dance, Jr. |
Children | Nathaniel Dance III, Tanya Dance Kelly |
Residence | Petersburg, Virginia |
Alma mater |
John Tyler Community College Virginia State University Virginia Commonwealth University |
Profession | Nurse |
Committees | Appropriations; General Laws; Privileges and Elections |
Website | Dance for Senate |
Rosalyn R. "Roz" Dance (born February 10, 1948) is an American politician. Since 2005 she has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 63rd district southeast of Richmond, made up of the city of Petersburg and part of Hopewell, plus parts of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and Prince George Counties. Dance was mayor of Petersburg 1992–2004. She is a member of the Democratic Party.[1][2]
Dance has served on the House committees on Appropriations (2006–), General Laws (2006–), Health, Welfare and Institutions (2013–), and Privileges and Elections (2006–2012).[1]
Electoral history
In 2001, the 63rd Virginia House of Delegates district incumbent, Democrat Jay DeBoer, retired after 18 years. Dance, then mayor of Petersburg, ran for the seat as an independent but lost to the Democratic nominee, funeral director Fenton Bland.
On January 25, 2005, Bland pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud; he resigned the 63rd district seat the next day. Dance received the Democratic nomination and was chosen to replace Bland in a special election on March 22.[3] Dance was reelected multiple times, the last in November 2013.
Dance currently serves in the Virginia State Senate, representing District 16, having won a special election on November 4, 2014 to fill the seat once held by Henry L. Marsh.[1]
Date | Election | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Virginia House of Delegates, 63rd district | |||||
Nov 6, 2001[4] | General | Fenton Bland | Democratic | 8,774 | 52.48 |
Rosalyn Dance | Independent | 7,926 | 47.40 | ||
Write Ins | 20 | 0.12 | |||
Mar 22, 2005[5] | Special | Rosalyn Dance | Democratic | 4,342 | 68.78 |
A G Sims | Republican | 1,690 | 26.77 | ||
M W Bratschi | Independent | 271 | 4.29 | ||
Write Ins | 10 | 0.16 | |||
Fenton Bland resigned; seat stayed Democratic | |||||
Nov 8, 2005[6] | General | Rosalyn Dance | Democratic | 9,456 | 60.29 |
D H Dphrepaulezz | Independent | 6,177 | 39.38 | ||
Write Ins | 52 | 0.33 | |||
Nov 6, 2007[7] | General | Rosalyn Dance | Democratic | 8,684 | 98.07 |
Write Ins | 170 | 1.92 | |||
Nov 3, 2009[8] | General | Rosalyn Dance | Democratic | 12,375 | 96.42 |
Write Ins | 459 | 3.57 | |||
Nov 8, 2011[9] | General | Rosalyn Dance | Democratic | 10,775 | 96.64 |
Write Ins | 374 | 3.35 | |||
Jun 11, 2013[10] | Democratic primary | Rosalyn Dance | 2,471 | 52.82 | |
Evandra D. Thompson | 2,207 | 47.18 | |||
Nov 5, 2013[11] | General | Rosalyn Dance | Democratic | 15,962 | 95.72 |
Write Ins | 714 | 4.28 | |||
Senate of Virginia, 16th district | |||||
August 9, 2014[12] | Special primary | Rosalyn Dance | 1,725 | 45.4 | |
Delores McQuinn | 1,375 | 36.2 | |||
Rudy McCollum | 592 | 15.6 | |||
Gerry Rawlinson | 108 | 2.8 | |||
November 4, 2014[13] | Special general | Rosalyn Dance | Democratic | 7,262 | 64.2 |
Preston "Famous" Brown | Independent | 3,872 | 34.2 | ||
Write-ins | 177 | 1.6 | |||
Henry L. Marsh resigned; seat stayed Democratic |
Notes
- 1 2 3 "Rosalyn R. Dance". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ↑ "Meet Delegate Dance". Delegate Rosalyn R. Dance - Virginia's 63rd District. Retrieved 2013-06-14. (campaign/constituent website)
- ↑ Lewis, Bob (2005-04-29). "Former Va. Delegate Sentenced to Federal Prison". Associated Press. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
- ↑ "General Election- November 6, 2001". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ↑ "Special Election- March 22, 2005". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ↑ "General Election- November 8, 2005". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ↑ "November 6, 2007 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ↑ "November 2009 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ↑ "November 2011 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ↑ "Unofficial Results - Primary Election - June 11, 2013". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ↑ "November 2013 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections.
- ↑ "Del. Rosalyn R. Dance wins Senate primary". NBC 12.
- ↑ "November 2014 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections.
External links
- "Rosalyn Dance". Virginia Public Access Project. (campaign finance)
- "Election Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2013-04-29.