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Alex Alben- (b. 1958)

Alex Alben ran as a Democrat for the United States House of Representatives twice, losing both times. He ran as a Democrat in Washington’s 8th Congressional District in 2002 and 2004. In 2004, he lost to incumbent Republican Representative Jennifer Dunn. In 2004, he lost the Democratic Primary to radio talk show host Dave Ross. Alben writes opinion pieces for the Seattle Times on an occassional basis.

Education:

–Graduate of Stanford University (1980)

–Stanford Law School (1984)

Affiliations:

–Boys and Girls Club, YWCA and Youth-Theatre Northwest.

Career:

– Early 1980s –Research assistant at CBS News.

–In 1985 he worked as an entertainment lawyer for the Beverly Hills law firm of Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman.

– Worked with legal and business affairs for Orion Pictures and Warner Bros. until 1993.

–Served as General Counsel and Vice-President for Business Affairs at Starwave Corporation

–Served as the head of government affairs for RealNetworks.

Publication:

Guest Columnist:

Changing TV economics prompts fresh thinking about public airwaves–By Alex Alben,Special to The Times, March 7, 2007

Family

Ellen Alben –Wife Emily Alben –Daughter Jeremy Alben –Son

Political Opponents

Jennifer Dunn (2002 Congressional Election) Dave Ross-(2004 Congressional Primary Election)–Democratic Primary Opponent Heidi Behrens-Benedict (2004 Congressional Primary Election)––Democratic Primary Opponent

Links and Resources on Dave Ross

Campaign Finance Information– Washington Secretary of State’s website for the 2004 election Alex Alben–Wikipedia article Ourcampaigns.com–

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Dave Ross- (b. April 5, 1952 in Yorktown, New York)

Dave Ross is a well-known radio talk show host at Seattle’s KIRO-AM 710, since 1987. He ran for Washington’s 8th District Congressional seat in the 2004 election, losing to incumbent republican Dave Reichert.

Education:

–Graduate of Cornell University

Accomplishments:

–Received the 2001 and and 2005 Edward R. Murrow Award for Commentary.

Affiliations:

 

–Member of the Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society, where he regularly appears in performances at the Seattle Center.

Career:

– 1974-1978 –reporter at WSB in Atlanta, Georgia.

–1978-Present– KIRO radio 710 News anchor and talk show host

Dave Ross

Family

Patti Ross –Wife Children two daughters

Political Opponents

Dave Reichert (2004 Congressional Election) Reichert (R): 173,298 votes (51.5003%) Ross (D): 157,148 votes (46.7009%) Spencer Garrett (L): 6,053 votes (1.7988%) Alex Alben-(2004 Congressional Primary Election)–Democratic Primary Opponent Heidi Behrens-Benedict (2004 Congressional Primary Election)––Democratic Primary Opponent

Links and Resources on Dave Ross

Dave Ross –personal website Dave Ross Commentary– Washington Secretary of State’s website for the 2004 election Dave Ross–Wikipedia article

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Darcy Burner announced her candidacy to unseat first-term U.S. Representative Dave Reichert in the 8th District in Washington in September of 2005. She lost the 2006 general election to Dave Reichert, but is attempting to win the Democratic nomination for another attempt at Reichert’s seat in the 2008 election.

Biographical Statement from Burner Campaign Website:

"Darcy’s roots in Washington stretch back to her childhood, when she spent part of every summer in Thurston and Lewis counties visiting her uncles, aunts, cousins, and grandmother. These summers were complemented by school years in military towns in Alaska, Montana, and Nebraska.

Darcy comes from a hard working family. Her dad spent a career in the Air Force and after his retirement worked as a public school teacher. Her oldest brother is a janitor in Olympia. Her other brother serves in the Army’s 101st Airborne and has served one tour of duty in Iraq. Her sister just got her nursing degree. And her youngest brother delivers beer for the Miller Brewing Company.

Darcy worked hard in school, got a National Merit Scholarship and went to Harvard. She majored in computer science and economics. She put herself through school by working for high-tech firms in the Boston area.

Darcy met her husband, Mike Burner, while at college. They wed in 1993.

After Darcy got her degree, she and Mike moved to California to work in the high tech sector. She focused on changing companies’ products and services to better respond to the customers’ real problems.

In the summer of 1998, Mike was offered a job at Microsoft. Darcy and he moved to Washington.

Darcy went to work for Microsoft in 2000 and became the lead manager for an initiative to change the way software was built. It was very successful and enhanced Darcy’s reputation as a successful businesswoman.

Eager to start a family, Darcy became pregnant and took maternity leave from Microsoft. Henry Burner was born in January of 2003.

Darcy has been active in her community and in state politics. She left Microsoft to spend the time necessary to be elected to the United States Congress in the 8th District."

Burner lost the election to Reichert, but is running again for the 2008 election. State Sen. Rodney Tom, is challenging Darcy Burner in the Democratic Primary for the 8th Congressional District seat in 2008.

As a part of her race for Congress in 2007, Burner highlighted Reichert’s reliance on President Bush for campaign fund-raising by holding a virtual town hall to protest Bush’s visit. See Burner to stage "virtual" town hall to counter Bush visit at the Seattle PI website.

Education:

–Graduate of Harvard

Career:

–1991-1992 University of California, Berkeley developer, trainer, system administrator

–1993-1995 CenterLine Software developer, trainer, and technical sales engineer

–1995-1997 Lotus Development developer

–1997-1999 Asymetrix technical sales engineer, product manager

–2000-2004 Microsoft Lead Product Manager for Microsoft .NET

Family

Mike Burner –Husband (m. 1993) Children Henry (b. 2003)

Political Opponents

Dave Reichert (2006 Congressional Election) Primary Vote Results (Sept. 2006) Burner——–54,776 votes Reichert——52, 598 votes

Links and Resources on Darcy Burner

<> Burner for Congress Website–The Candidate’s political website. 8th Congressional District Information–From Ourcongress website (pro-Democrat site) Washington Secretary of State’s website for the 2006 election Darcy Burner–Wikipedia article

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Dave Reichert- (b. 1950, in Detroit Lakes, Minn.)

Dave Reichert became only the third representative in the 24-year history of Washington’s 8th Congressional District when he defeated radio talk-show host Dave Ross on election day, 2004.

Reichert touted himself as a somewhat moderate conservative to appeal to swing voters in the largely suburban district. The 8th District is dominated by the heavily Republican cities of Bellevue, Mercer Island and the very well-to-do "Eastside" towns of Redmond (home to Microsoft Corp.), Issaquah, and Woodinville. The southern part of the district includes the more Democratic Party influenced cities of Renton, Kent, and Auburn. The southernmost part of the 8th includes the more conservative Lake Tapps region and the cities of Bonney Lake, Buckley, and Enumclaw.

Reichert and his family currently live in Auburn, Washington.

Education:

–Kent-Meridian High School (Kent, Washington)

–Concordia Lutheran College (Portland, Oregon)

Accomplishments:

–Reichert became the first elected Sheriff of King County, Washington in 1997 when he won election after a voter initiative changing the job from a position appointed by the King County Executive to a nonpartisan post chosen by county voters. He won with 72% of the vote. Voters re-elected him in 2001.

–As a member of the King County Sheriff’s Office for over 30 years, Reichert had an important role in the investigation of the Green River Killer. When investigators finally identified and arrested Gary Ridgeway of Auburn, Reichert was in his second elected term as Sheriff.

Family

Julie –Wife Children Angela Tabitha Daniel Religion: Missouri Synod Lutheran.

Political Opponents

Darcy Burner (2006 Congressional Election) Primary Vote Results (Sept. 2006) Burner——–54,776 votes Reichert——52, 598 votes Dave Ross (2004 Congressional Election) Reichert (R): 173,298 votes (51.5003%) Ross (D): 157,148 votes (46.7009%) Spencer Garrett (L): 6,053 votes (1.7988%)

Links and Resources on Dave Reichert

Reichert for Congress Website–The Candidate’s political website. Official Congressional Website–Representative Reichert’s official House site. Washington Secretary of State’s website for the 2004 election

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