Marv Vandenberg

Resume: Democrat, age 69, incumbent … graduated Idaho public schools, some college classes … Served in Idaho House of Representatives, 1950-1959 … worked 25 years for Idaho Department of Lands; retired as chief, Bureau of Navigable Waters … re-elected to House in 1989; serves on state affairs, transportation, human resources committees; Legislative Council, Pacific Fisheries Task Force … on organ procurement board, Sacred Heart Medical Center … Married, five children, 15 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Finances: $8,933 total receipts. Top contributors are: Political Action Committee for Education, Boise, $1,500; Friends for Idaho Business, Coeur d’Alene, $500; IBEW 77 PAC, Seattle, $500; Timber PAC, Coeur d’Alene, $500. Three groups gave $300 apiece: Laborers International of America Local 238 Public Information Fund, Spokane; United Steelworkers of America, District 11, Spokane; and Idaho Branch of Associated General Contractors of America PAC, Boise.

Why running: “I have enough seniority now to seek appointment to the influential Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee.”

What he would do first: Re-introduce a bill to expand the homeowners’ property tax exemption.

, DataTimes