Meet Dan Gecker, Candidate State Senate for VA-10

In only five short weeks Virginia voters will go to the polls and select State Senators and Delegates. This is an especially critical election.
House: 67 Republicans vs. 33 Democrats
Senate: 21 Republicans vs. 19 Democrats

Republicans are in the majority in both bodies; a flip of 1 seat in the Senate makes a tie - which is broken by the Lt. Gov., Northam, a D, giving the Ds effective, if only narrow, control. A Senate majority is achievable this cycle for the Ds; a house majority may take 3 or more cycles.

But we must fight for every seat we can in each cycle.

For over 20 years Dan Gecker has worked to expand opportunities for Virginia families and to strengthen his neighborhood, community and the Richmond region to make it the best place to live, work, and raise a family.

I’ll keep this brief. We have a BIG election coming up on November 3rd, and we need your help now more than ever to make sure that we’re electing strong and bold voices, so we can keep Virginia moving forward.

We can’t afford to subject our hard-working families in Virginia to the same old GOP nonsense. We just need to win ONE MORE SEAT in the Virginia state senate to have a Democratic majority and get things done.
Gov Terry McCauliffe

In this open seat, Dan Gecker (D), Glen Sturtevant (R), Marleen Durfee (I) and Carl Loser (L) will face off in the general election. Incumbent John Watkins (R), who has represented the district since 1998, is not running for re-election. Democrats are hoping to capture this seat, where they have won every statewide election in the district since 2012. In August 2015, Sturtevant had $40,122 in cash on hand, while Gecker had $151,907.