About Vince Callahan
Vincent Francis Callahan Jr. was an American politician who served for 40 years as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. From January 1968 to January 2008, he represented the 34th district, which covers McLean, Great Falls, Tysons Corner, and parts of Herndon and Vienna. At the time of his retirement, he was the longest-serving Republican in the Virginia General Assembly. Callahan was first elected to the House of Delegates in 1967. He ran for Delegate in 1967 and won. He was awarded the Equality Public Servant Award by Equality Virginia, a gay-rights group which rarely supports Republicans. Prior to 2007, he had last been challenged in 2001 by Dale Evans, a real estate agent, and won with 60.05% of the vote.
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