Donald McEachin, the congressman representing Virginia's 4th congressional district, has died, in response to a press release from his workplace. He was 61.
"We're all devastated on the passing of our boss and good friend, Congressman Donald McEachin," the consultant's chief of employees, Tara Rountree, mentioned in a press release. "Valiantly, for years now, we've watched him struggle and overcome the secondary results of his colorectal most cancers from 2013. Tonight, he misplaced that battle, and the folks of Virginia's Fourth Congressional District misplaced a hero who all the time, all the time fought for them and put them first."
Rountree mentioned the late congressman's workplace would stay open till a brand new consultant is elected.
McEachin was elected to the U.S. Home of Representatives in 2016. He had simply gained reelection within the November midterms a number of weeks earlier than his demise.
McEachin had beforehand served within the Virginia Senate from 2008 to 2017 and within the Virginia Home of Delegates two instances from 1996 to 2002 after which once more from 2006 to 2008.
Senator Mark Warner of Virginia mentioned in a press release that "up till the very finish, Don was a fighter. Though he battled most cancers and confronted different trials in recent times, he by no means misplaced his deal with social and environmental justice. Tonight, Virginia has misplaced a fantastic chief and I've misplaced a fantastic good friend."