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**Daylin Leach** (born June 23, 1961) is a former American politician and lawyer, who was a member of the [Pennsylvania State Senate](/source/Pennsylvania_State_Senate) for the [17th senatorial district](/source/Pennsylvania_Senate,_District_17) from 2009 until 2020. He was previously a member of the [Pennsylvania House of Representatives](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives), representing the [149th district](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives,_District_149) from 2003 to 2009.

## Early life, education, and legal career

Leach was born in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia) and graduated from [Parkland High School](/source/Parkland_High_School_(Pennsylvania)) in 1979 in [Allentown, Pennsylvania](/source/Allentown,_Pennsylvania).[2] He received a B.A. in political science from [Temple University](/source/Temple_University) in 1983 and a J.D. from the [University of Houston Law Center](/source/University_of_Houston_Law_Center) in 1986.[3]

He practiced law for 16 years, focusing on family and education law. He taught constitutional law, legal ethics and First Amendment law as an adjunct professor at [Cedar Crest College](/source/Cedar_Crest_College) and [Muhlenberg College](/source/Muhlenberg_College). Leach served as president of the Pennsylvania [Young Democrats](/source/Young_Democrats_of_America) in the early 1990s and on the [Allentown](/source/Allentown,_Pennsylvania) Zoning Board from 1990 to 1994. During his career, he co-hosted *Lehigh Valley Firing Line*, a local weekly political debate TV program.

In 2016, [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia) law firm Sacks Weston Diamond LLC[4] hired Leach to advise clients on medical marijuana licensing, permitting and regulatory rules.[5] He left the firm in July, 2017, when he announced his congressional candidacy.[5]

## Pennsylvania House of Representatives

### Elections

#### 2002

Leach first ran for the [149th legislative district](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives,_District_149) in a special election on February 12, 2002, following the resignation of Democrat [Connie Williams](/source/Constance_H._Williams). Leach was the Democratic nominee and lost to Republican [Wallis Brooks](/source/Wallis_Brooks) 48%-44%, a difference of 273 votes.[6][7]

In the November 2002 rematch of their February special election, the Brooks campaign sent dozens of direct mail advertisements, including one accusing Leach of defending child molesters as an attorney.[8] On the Saturday before the election, one was sent to voters accusing Leach of being anti-Semitic.[8] The mailer carried a headline of *"Anti-Semitism, Neo-Nazism, Holocaust Denial. They are not 'a big joke.'"*[8] The charges stemmed from Leach's 1999 defense of an *[in absentia](/source/Trial_in_absentia)* client from [Texas](/source/Texas) who was sued in [Allentown, Pennsylvania](/source/Allentown,_Pennsylvania), for alleged comments in an Internet chat room.[8][9] Following the dismissal, the plaintiff posted on the Internet, denouncing Leach and the Texas man as anti-Semites. The posts were unearthed by a Brooks researcher and used in the mailer.[8] "She had to know I was Jewish, because it had come up in a debate. But since I have a non-Jewish surname, she apparently thought she could get away with this," Leach said.[8] The campaign immediately convinced a local Jewish newspaper to denounce the mailer and reproduced the article on a flyer with a profile of Leach, emphasizing his Jewish roots and activism, on the reverse.[8] By election day, 70 volunteers had hand-delivered the literature to most district households.[8] On November 5, 2002, Leach defeated Brooks 53%-47%, a difference of 1,170 votes.[10]

#### 2004

Leach won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican Brad Murphy 62%-38%.[11]

#### 2006

Leach won re-election to a third term, defeating Republican [Monica Treichel](/source/Monica_Treichel) 67%-33%.[12]

### Tenure

In 2003, the political website [PoliticsPA](/source/PoliticsPA) named him to "The Best of the Freshman Class" list, saying that he "has all the ingredients of a rising star" and that he "makes the job look fun."[13]

In August 2005, Leach published an [op-ed](/source/Op-ed) article in *[The Philadelphia Inquirer](/source/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer)* criticizing the paper's coverage of the [2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy](/source/2005_Pennsylvania_General_Assembly_pay_raise_controversy).[14] In what the *[Philadelphia City Paper](/source/Philadelphia_City_Paper)* called "the paper's first round against Leach," Inquirer columnist [John Grogan](/source/John_Grogan_(journalist)) responded by accusing Leach of "funny math."[15] In response, Leach "struck back" against the Inquirer with a satirical email to associates under the pseudonym "Dutch Larooo" criticizing Inquirer reporter [Mario F. Cattabiani](/source/Mario_F._Cattabiani).[16][17]

On September 1, 2005, [Mario F. Cattabiani](/source/Mario_F._Cattabiani) published a front-page article in *The Philadelphia Inquirer* that "exposed" Leach's long-standing and satirical blog "leachvent.com."[17][18] The *[Philadelphia City Paper](/source/Philadelphia_City_Paper)* criticized the Inquirer for allowing Cattabiani to "answer his attacker" through a news article, noting that "thousands of insiders have laughed at Leach's satire for years," but the Inquirer acted as though it had been "recently discovered."[17] The *Philadelphia City Paper* wrote that Cattabiani's article incorrectly characterized Leach's website as a "blog" rather than satire and had focused on Leach's pseudonym's "impure thoughts," while ignoring the "satirical attack" on his Cattabiani's reporting.[17] The next day, Leach removed his website.[17][19][20] [John Grogan](/source/John_Grogan_(journalist)) wrote that Leach had "dug his own political grave."[17][21] The *[Philadelphia City Paper](/source/Philadelphia_City_Paper)* criticized these negative articles about Leach by stating that "hidden behind the newspaper's florid obsession with Leach's naughty bits, is the state rep's pointed satire of their mediocre coverage – a criticism that the newspaper never addresses...The Inquirer savaged this young legislator because his satire was hitting its mark: Them."[17]

Notable work in the House includes proposed bills that would allow hybrid cars into the state fleet,[22] that give state funding for breast and ovarian cancer screening for low-income women, that would address [redistricting](/source/Redistricting) reform, that would eliminate state's [lethal](/source/Capital_punishment) use of [paralytic drugs](/source/Paralytic),[23] and that would require hospitals to offer [emergency contraception](/source/Emergency_contraception) to [sexual assault](/source/Sexual_assault) victims.[24]

### Committee assignments

- State Government[25]

## Pennsylvania Senate

### Elections

**2008**

When [Connie Williams](/source/Connie_Williams) of Pennsylvania's 17th senate district decided to retire, Leach decided to enter the election. He was the Democratic nominee and defeated Republican Lance Rogers, a Lower Merion Township Commissioner, 62%-38%.[26]

**2012**

Leach won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican nominee Charles Gehret 63%-37%.[27]

**2016**

Leach won re-election to a third term, defeating Republican nominee Brian Gondek 64%-36%.[28]

**2020**

Leach faced attorney and [East Norriton Township, Pennsylvania](/source/East_Norriton_Township,_Pennsylvania) Board of Supervisors Vice Chairwoman, [Amanda Cappelletti](/source/Amanda_Cappelletti), in the Democratic party. Cappelletti defeated Leach, receiving 63% of the vote and winning every county in the district.[29]

### Tenure

Leach was awarded the 2008 Humane Legislator Award by the [Humane Society of the United States](/source/Humane_Society_of_the_United_States), the 2011 Legislative Leadership Award by GVF Transportation, and the 2011 Friend of Education Award by the [Lower Merion](/source/Lower_Merion_School_District) Education Association.[24]

In January 2013, he proposed legislation that would [legalize recreational use of marijuana in Pennsylvania](/source/Marijuana_legalization) for people 21 years or older, called the "Regulate Marijuana Act."[30][31] In defending it, Leach argued “We would never, in a rational society, starting from scratch, have the policy we have now.”[32]

In 2016, a bill sponsored by Leach, legalizing some marijuana products for medical use, became law.[33] The medical marijuana bill sponsored by Leach does not permit medical patients to grow their own cannabis, and subsequent efforts by others to change the law have failed.[34]

In 2017, Leach made headlines in response to [President Trump](/source/President_Trump)'s threat to "destroy the career" of a [Texas state senator](/source/Texas_Senate) who proposed legislation requiring a conviction before [civil asset forfeiture](/source/Civil_asset_forfeiture), by goading the President to try to destroy Leach's career in a social media post.[35][36]

In December 2017, Leach was accused of inappropriately touching young female staffers and volunteers. Leach's attorney referred to media reports as a witch hunt.[37] In a written statement, Leach denied the accusations, which he attributed to an unnamed political opponent.[38] In response to the allegations, [Gov. Wolf](/source/Tom_Wolf) called on Leach to resign.[39] In a statement the next day, Leach said he planned to stay in his seat and work with Senate leaders to address the allegations.[40] On February 24, 2018, Leach abandoned his congressional campaign but announced that he will remain in his state senate seat.[41] In September 2019, an auditors report commissioned by the Pennsylvania Democratic Caucus concluded, "With respect to Senator Leach's behavior while as a member of the Senate, we conclude that there is no evidence of actionable discrimination for harassment in violation of applicable law or Caucus policies."[42] Further, the report found, "At no time did any such behavior actually create a hostile work environment under the circumstances presented here."[43]

### Committee assignments

- Education
- Environmental Resources & Energy [44]

## Congressional campaigns

### 2014 congressional election

See also: [United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2014#District 13](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Pennsylvania,_2014#District_13)

On April 1, 2013, [Main Line Times](/source/Main_Line_Broadcasting) reported that Leach would run for [Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district](/source/Pennsylvania's_13th_congressional_district), which was open as incumbent Democrat [Allyson Schwartz](/source/Allyson_Schwartz) ran for [Governor of Pennsylvania](/source/Governor_of_Pennsylvania) in [2014](/source/Pennsylvania_gubernatorial_election,_2014). However, while the majority of [Upper Merion Township](/source/Upper_Merion_Township,_Montgomery_County,_Pennsylvania) is within the boundaries of the 13th Congressional district, Leach's home in Wayne, Upper Merion Township is actually within the state's 7th Congressional district.[45] Leach lost in the Democratic primary, winning only 16.6% of the vote.[46]

### 2018 congressional election

See also: [United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2018#District 7](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Pennsylvania,_2018#District_7)

On July 3, 2017, Leach announced his candidacy for the Congressional seat held by Republican [Pat Meehan](/source/Pat_Meehan) in [Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district](/source/Pennsylvania's_7th_congressional_district). Leach was expected to have several Democratic primary opponents.[47] On December 18, 2017, Leach announced he was "taking a step back" from his campaign to deal with misconduct allegations of sexual talk and inappropriate touching. His lawyer said that "doesn’t mean he's quitting."[40] In January 2018, Meehan withdrew his candidacy for reelection after revelations that he had used taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment complaint.[48] (Meehan resigned On April 27, 2018, saying he would pay back the taxpayer funds used for the settlement.)[49]

After the [Pennsylvania Supreme Court](/source/Pennsylvania_Supreme_Court) threw out the state's old congressional map, Leach's home, along with most of the Montgomery County portion of the old 7th, was drawn into the new [4th District](/source/Pennsylvania's_4th_congressional_district), the successor to the old 13th. On February 24, 2018, Leach finally succumbed to pressures from fellow Democrats, including Governor [Tom Wolf](/source/Tom_Wolf), to abandon his congressional campaign, announcing his withdrawal on his Facebook page. He had accumulated an impressive war chest for the election to the newly redrawn district.

## Personal life

According to *[Jewish Exponent](/source/Jewish_Exponent)*, Leach is "known for being outspoken and proud of his Jewish identity".[50]

Leach formerly served as an ex-officio member of the [Bryn Mawr Film Institute](/source/Bryn_Mawr_Film_Institute)[51] and a member of the Norristown Farm Park Advisory Committee[52]

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## External links

- [State Senator Daylin Leach](http://www.senatorleach.com/) at the Pennsylvania Senate
- [Daylin Leach for Congress](https://www.votedaylin.com/) [Archived](http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20140108111017/http://votedaylin.com/) January 8, 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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