Daylin Leach

Daylin Leach
Leach in November 2012
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 17th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2009
Preceded by	Connie Williams
Constituency	Parts of Delaware and Montgomery Counties
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 149th district
In office January 7, 2003 – November 30, 2008
Preceded by	Wallis Brooks
Succeeded by	Tim Briggs
Constituency	Part of Montgomery County
Personal details
Born	(1961-06-23) June 23, 1961 (age 55) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Jennifer Anne Mirak
Children	Brennan Alice, Justin Robert
Residence	Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Alma mater	Temple University University of Houston Law Center
Profession	Attorney
Religion	Reform Judaism
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Daylin Leach (born June 23, 1961) is an American politician from Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party, Leach has served in the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 17th senatorial district, since 2009. He was previously a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 149th district from 2003 to 2009. He ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district.

Leach was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Parkland High School in 1979 in Allentown, PA. He received a B.A. in political science from Temple University in 1983 and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 1986.

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 and Muhlenberg College. Leach served as president of the Pennsylvania Young Democrats in the early 1990s and on the Allentown Zoning Board from 1990 to 1994. He previously co-hosted a weekly political TV debate program entitled Lehigh Valley Firing Line.. In 2016, Senator Leach joined Philadelphia law firm Sacks Weston Diamond LLC in an of-counsel position.