Taylor Montgomery Mason (born September 8, 1967) is an American politician from
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...
. A member of the
Democratic Party, Mason is the member of the
Virginia Senate
The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The Senate is composed of 40 senators representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts. The Senate is presided over by the lieutenant governor of Virg ...
for the
1st district.
Early life
Mason was born in
Farmville, Virginia
Farmville is a town in Prince Edward and Cumberland counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. The population was 8,216 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Prince Edward County.
Farmville developed near the headwaters of the Appomattox ...
. He attended the
College of William & Mary
The College of William & Mary (officially The College of William and Mary in Virginia, abbreviated as William & Mary, W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William I ...
, and graduated in 1989 with a degree in
government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government i ...
. Mason works for
Visa Inc.
Visa Inc. (; stylized as ''VISA'') is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. It facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout the world, most commonly through Visa-branded cred ...
as a senior director, specializing on
fraud prevention and
risk management.
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Political career
Mason ran for the 93rd district of the Virginia House of Delegates
The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two parts of the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-number ...
in the 2013 elections. He defeated incumbent Republican Michael B. Watson.
Following the death of Sen. John Miller, Mason ran and won as the Virginia State Senator for District 1 in 2016.
Electoral History
Personal life
Mason is a resident of Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 15,425. Located on the Virginia Peninsula, Williamsburg is in the northern part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. It is ...
.
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Living people
Democratic Party Virginia state senators
Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates
People from Farmville, Virginia
Politicians from Williamsburg, Virginia
College of William & Mary alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
1967 births
21st-century American politicians
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