Dick Saslaw Emerging as Top Target for Left-Leaning Dems
Dick Saslaw has served in the state legislature since 1976 and is the top Democrat in the state senate.
The 79 year-old Saslaw sponsored bills this year that would create an independent redistricting commission and raise the smoking age to 21. But a host of progressive groups are backing human rights attorney Yasmine Taeb in what is shaping up to be one of the closest watched primaries in the state.
Taeb and other Saslaw critics are especially focused on the senator’s relationship with Dominion Energy, payday lenders, and other corporate interests. Saslaw has taken in $350,000 from the energy company since 1998, and $110,000 since 1995.
“He takes hundreds of thousands of dollars from the fossil fuel industry,” Taeb said. “I do not. He also does not support campaign finance reform. We don’t take any corporate PAC money and do support campaign finance reform.”
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