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Yasmine Taeb
Yasmine Taeb (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Virginia State Senate to represent District 35. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 11, 2019.
Taeb completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2019
See also: Virginia State Senate elections, 2019
General election
General election for Virginia State Senate District 35
Incumbent Dick Saslaw won election in the general election for Virginia State Senate District 35 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dick Saslaw (D) | 92.5 | 35,131 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 7.5 | 2,833 | ||
| Total votes: 37,964 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Virginia State Senate District 35
Incumbent Dick Saslaw defeated Yasmine Taeb and Karen Elena Torrent in the Democratic primary for Virginia State Senate District 35 on June 11, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dick Saslaw | 48.6 | 7,381 |
 | Yasmine Taeb | 45.8 | 6,945 | |
| Karen Elena Torrent | 5.6 | 853 | ||
| Total votes: 15,179 | |||
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Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Yasmine Taeb completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Taeb's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
My top three priorities are campaign finance reform so we can ensure we elect leaders who will fight to get corporate and special interests such as the NRA and Dominion Energy out of our politics; fighting to increase wages for our working families, and protecting a woman's right to choose by enshrining it in the VA Constitution.
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
I came to the U.S. as a refugee and was provided with a host of opportunities because our immigration laws at the time were more humane. Today, refugees and immigrants are often not afforded these same opportunities and furthermore, have been subject to human rights abuses. My experiences pushed me to become a lifelong activist and human rights lawyer to ensure that the countless other families who are seeking refuge in our country today are afforded the same opportunities. That's why I'm passionate about protecting our immigrant and refugee brothers and sisters, minorities who are discriminated against and disproportionately impacted by our criminal justice system, and other vulnerable members of our communities.
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See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
