Daylin Leach

Daylin Leach was the State Representative for the 149th Legislative District and was elected this year to the 17th Senatorial Seat, which was held by moderate Democratic Sen. Connie Williams, who recently announced her retirement from public office. District 17 includes parts of Delaware and Montgomery counties. It is a critical 'must protect' seat for progressives in the conservative-controlled Senate. Born in Philadelphia, Daylin graduated from Temple University with a degree in political science and went on to the University of Houston Law Center and later taught constitutional law, legal ethics and First Amendment law at Cedar Crest and Muhlenberg colleges. He has been involved in progressive politics since childhood, volunteering on campaigns since age 12. He served as president of the Pennsylvania Young Democrats in the early 1990s and in 1993 he even co-hosted a weekly political TV debate show. First elected to the Assembly in 2002, Daylin serves on both the Judiciary and Policy committees and is Democratic secretary of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. He and his wife live in Upper Merion with their son and daughter.