Rosalyn Dance | |
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| Member of theVirginia Senate from the16th district | |
| In office November 9, 2014 – January 8, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Henry L. Marsh |
| Succeeded by | Joe Morrissey |
| Member of theVirginia House of Delegates from the63rd district | |
| In office April 6, 2005 – November 9, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Fenton Bland |
| Succeeded by | Joseph E. Preston |
| 106thMayor of Petersburg | |
| In office July 1, 1992 – June 30, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Charles H. Cuthbert IV |
| Succeeded by | Annie Mickens |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rosalyn Odessa Randolph (1948-02-10)February 10, 1948 (age 78) Chesterfield, Virginia, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Nathaniel Alfonso Dance Jr. |
| Children |
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| 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 Randolph Dance (born February 10, 1948) is anAmerican politician who served in theSenate of Virginia from 2014 until 2020. She was a member of theVirginia House of Delegates from 2005 to 2014, was mayor ofPetersburg, Virginia from 1992 to 2004, and is the Vice-Chairman of the Board of theVirginia Department of Elections. Dance is a member of theDemocratic Party.[1][2]
Dance was one of 11 children.[3] She dropped out of high school, but went on to earn several higher degrees.[3]
Dance was elected to the Petersburg City Council in 1992.[3]
In 2001, the 63rdVirginia House of Delegates district incumbent, DemocratJay DeBoer, retired after 18 years. Dance, then mayor of Petersburg, ran for the seat as an independent but lost to the Democratic nominee, funeral directorFenton 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 aspecial election on March 22.[4] The 63rd district is southeast ofRichmond, made up of the city ofPetersburg and part ofHopewell, plus parts ofChesterfield,Dinwiddie andPrince George Counties. Dance was reelected multiple times, the last in November 2013.
Dance served on the House committees on Appropriations, General Laws, Health, Welfare and Institutions, and Privileges and Elections.[1]
Dance served in theSenate of Virginia, where she represented District 16, having won a special election on November 4, 2014, to fill the seat once held byHenry L. Marsh.[1]
In 2019, Dance sponsored a bill to gradually increase Virginia's minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 per hour by 2021.[5] Later that year, she ran for reelection to her state senate seat, but was defeated in the primary by disbarred attorneyJoe Morrissey.[6][7]
| Date | Election | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia House of Delegates, 63rd district | |||||
| November 6, 2001[8] | General | Fenton Bland | Democratic | 8,774 | 52.48 |
| Rosalyn Dance | Independent | 7,926 | 47.40 | ||
| Write Ins | 20 | 0.12 | |||
| March 22, 2005[9] | 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 | |||||
| November 8, 2005[10] | General | Rosalyn Dance | Democratic | 9,456 | 60.29 |
| D H Dphrepaulezz | Independent | 6,177 | 39.38 | ||
| Write Ins | 52 | 0.33 | |||
| November 6, 2007[11] | General | Rosalyn Dance | Democratic | 8,684 | 98.07 |
| Write Ins | 170 | 1.92 | |||
| November 3, 2009[12] | General | Rosalyn Dance | Democratic | 12,375 | 96.42 |
| Write Ins | 459 | 3.57 | |||
| November 8, 2011[13] | General | Rosalyn Dance | Democratic | 10,775 | 96.64 |
| Write Ins | 374 | 3.35 | |||
| June 11, 2013[14] | Democratic primary | Rosalyn Dance | 2,471 | 52.82 | |
| Evandra D. Thompson | 2,207 | 47.18 | |||
| November 5, 2013[15] | General | Rosalyn Dance | Democratic | 15,962 | 95.72 |
| Write Ins | 714 | 4.28 | |||
| Senate of Virginia, 16th district | |||||
| August 9, 2014[16] | 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[17] | Special general | Rosalyn Dance | Democratic | 29,237 | 73.0 |
| Preston "Famous" Brown | Independent | 10,154 | 25.4 | ||
| Write Ins | 645 | 1.6 | |||
| Henry L. Marsh resigned; seat stayed Democratic | |||||
| June 9, 2015[18] | Democratic Primary | Rosalyn Dance | 4,967 | 62.0 | |
| Joseph E. Preston | 3,039 | 37.9 | |||
| Write Ins | 2 | 0.0 | |||
| November 3, 2015[19] | General election | Rosalyn Dance | Democratic | 17,331 | 72.7 |
| Joe Morrissey | Independent | 6,090 | 25.5 | ||
| Write Ins | 428 | 1.8 | |||
| June 11, 2019[20] | Democratic primary | Joe Morrissey | 8,741 | 55.0 | |
| Rosalyn Dance | 6,873 | 44.0 | |||
| Write Ins | 6 | 0.0 | |||
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