Lisa Brown: From legislator to educator to serious contender for Congress

Supporters say it’s a combination of academic accolades and political bona fides that make Lisa Brown the right candidate at the right time to put Eastern Washington back in the Democratic column after nearly 30 years.

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Wed., Oct. 10, 2018

FILE - Rep. Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, works on the House floor with 1-year-old son Lucas on her lap in 1993. Brown was caught without day care when the House worked late and the State day care center closed. Brown was asked by Chief Clark Allan Thompson to remove her child from the floor.

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FILE - Washington state Sen. Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, speaks to Sen. Jim West, R-Spokane, right, and Senate Ways and Means staffer David Schumacher following the senate's vote for the state's operating budget for the next two years Wednesday, June 20, 2001, in Olympia, Wash. Brown is one of the major architects of the final version of the budget.)

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FILE - Sen. Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, right, talks with her deskmate, Sen. Harriet Spanel, D-Bellingham, right, on the floor of the Senate in Olympia, Wash., Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004.

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FILE - Washington State Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown and Gov. Chris Gregoire pull the switch to light the Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox marquee sign during ribbon cutting ceremonies, November 17, 2007.

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FILE - Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, was one of about two dozen Washington Democratic state lawmakers Monday announcing their support for candidate Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton.

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FILE - Dr. Lisa Brown, chancellor of WSU Spokane, left, listens as Dr. Elson Floyd, president of Washington State University, talks about the formation of the new WSU medical school Monday, May 4, 2015 at WSU Spokane.

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FILE - WSU Spokane Chancellor Lisa Brown is embraced by Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Dean John Tomkowiak after announcing to the WSU Spokane campus that the school has won the preliminary accreditation for the new medical school, Oct. 19, 2016.

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FILE - Lisa Brown, Democratic candidate for Eastern Washington's 5th Congressional District, speaks to a crowd of supporters at the Carpenters Hall, in Spokane, Wash., Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018.

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