Virginia Rep. McEachin dies at 61 after cancer battle

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin died Monday after a battle with colorectal cancer, his office said. He was 61. Tara Rountree, McEachin’s chief of staff, said in a statement: “Valiantly, for years now, we have watched him fight and triumph over the secondary effects of his colorectal cancer from 2013. Tonight, he lost that battle.” McEachin, a Democrat, represented Virginia’s 4th Congressional District. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called her late colleague “a force for economic opportunity and environmental justice.”