Dave is from Northern Virginia. He attended W.T. Woodson High School. He has a bachelor's degree from Randolph-Macon College. He lives with his wife and three children in Burke.

Dave works for real estate developer Development Services Group, Inc. He used to work for the Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.

Dave Marsden is currently the state senator representing district 37. He was first elected in 2010 and has been in office for three terms. He used to be the state delegate representing district 41 from 2006 until 2010.

Legiscan, SB 1323

Legiscan, SB 1333

As a state senator, voted for a bill that will lower energy bills for Virginian’s by $6-$7 per month by changing the way Virginia’s monopoly energy provider, Dominion Energy, can set prices.

As a state senator, voted for a bill that would have given lowand middle-income Virginians loans and funding to install solar panels or make their homes more energy efficient.

- As a state senator, voted for a bill that will lower energy bills for Virginian’s by $6-$7 per month by changing the way Virginia’s monopoly energy provider, Dominion Energy, can set prices.
- As a state senator, voted for a bill that would have given low- and middle-income Virginians loans and funding to install solar panels or make their homes more energy efficient.

Energy & the Environment

Virginia's Legislative Information System, SB 451

Legiscan, HB 2294

As a state senator, voted for a bill that lowered taxes on groceries from 2.5% to 1%, except for alcohol, tobacco, and prepared hot foods. Diapers and feminine hygiene products were included in the tax decrease.

As a state senator, voted for a bill that limits the amount of THC in hemp products to 0.3% of the product and 2 milligrams total. Possession of marijuana is decriminalized in Virginia but there is no legal market for sales of THC products.

- As a state senator, voted for a bill that lowered taxes on groceries from 2.5% to 1%, except for alcohol, tobacco, and prepared hot foods. Diapers and feminine hygiene products were included in the tax decrease.  
- As a state senator, voted for a bill that limits the amount of THC in hemp products to 0.3% of the product and 2 milligrams total. Possession of marijuana is decriminalized in Virginia but there is no legal market for sales of THC products.

Economy

Virginia's Legislative Information System, SJ 255

Legiscan, HB 2374

As a state senator, voted for a bill that would have put a fundamental right to reproductive freedom in Virginia’s constitution, which would have made abortion constitutionally protected in the state.

As a state senator, voted for a bill that prevents pharmacists from refusing to fill prescriptions because they were prescribed via telemedicine.

- As a state senator, voted for a bill that would have put a fundamental right to reproductive freedom in Virginia’s constitution, which would have made abortion constitutionally protected in the state.
- As a state senator, voted for a bill that prevents pharmacists from refusing to fill prescriptions because they were prescribed via telemedicine.

Healthcare

Legiscan, HB 319

Legiscan, SB 1515

As a state senator, voted for a bill that requires schools to improve reading skills in students from kindergarten through third grade to address learning loss from the pandemic.

As a state senator, voted for a bill that lets companies be sued for publishing or distributing online content that is “harmful to minors” without checking the age of the internet users accessing the content.

- As a state senator, voted for a bill that requires schools to improve reading skills in students from kindergarten through third grade to address learning loss from the pandemic. 
- As a state senator, voted for a bill that lets companies be sued for publishing or distributing online content that is “harmful to minors” without checking the age of the internet users accessing the content.

Education

Virginia's Legislative Information System, HB 2387

Virginia's Legislative Information System, SB 951

As a state senator, voted for a bill that gives people $300 off their taxes if they buy a gun safe or lock box. The credit expires in 2027.

As a state senator, voted for a bill that gets rid of the option for drivers without insurance to pay a $500 fee when registering their car and be allowed to drive without insurance.

- As a state senator, voted for a bill that gives people $300 off their taxes if they buy a gun safe or lock box. The credit expires in 2027.
- As a state senator, voted for a bill that gets rid of the option for drivers without insurance to pay a $500 fee when registering their car and be allowed to drive without insurance.

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Heidi is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has a bachelor's degree from American University and a law degree and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Richmond. She live with her husband in Springfield.

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Heidi Drauschak is the chief operations officer and co-founder of CrowdLobby, LLC, which helps citizens pool their money to pay for lobbyists. She is also the managing partner and project manager at Cavi Consulting, a business consulting company. She used to work for Antrim Grace Solutions.

Heidi Drauschak's campaign for state delegate is her first entry into politics.

Richmond Times-Dispatch, CrowdLobby co-founder Heidi Drauschak to seek state Senate seat

Supports the Virginia Clean Economy Act, which was passed in 2020 and will help Virginia transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050 by expanding wind and solar power.

Wants to keep the state in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which requires energy companies to pay for every ton of carbon that they emit.

- Supports the Virginia Clean Economy Act, which was passed in 2020 and will help Virginia transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050 by expanding wind and solar power. 
- Wants to keep the state in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which requires energy companies to pay for every ton of carbon that they emit.

Wants to repeal Virginia’s “right to work” law, which prevents workers from having to join a union or pay union dues.

- Wants to repeal Virginia’s “right to work” law, which prevents workers from having to join a union or pay union dues.

Wants more mental healthcare to prevent suicides.

- Wants to lower prescription drug costs.
- Supports abortion.
- Wants more mental healthcare to prevent suicides.

Supports more funding for public schools in order to build and update school buildings.

- Wants to raise teacher pay. 
- Supports more funding for public schools in order to build and update school buildings.

Supports "community policing by highly qualified police personnel."

Supports gun control, and wants to take "illegal guns off the streets" and prevent those with "dangerous backgrounds" from accessing firearms.

- Supports "community policing by highly qualified police personnel."
- Supports gun control, and wants to take "illegal guns off the streets" and prevent those with "dangerous backgrounds" from accessing firearms.

Heidi Drauschak

- Your state representative represents the interests of your district in the Virginia State Senate.
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process.
- The state Senate, along with the House of Delegates, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Virginia General Assembly.
- General Assembly members work together with the Governor to create the state budget. 
- There are 40 Virginia senators, each representing a single district.
- State Senators are elected to four-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $18,000.


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