Bob Sump (R)

Resume: 55, Republic, Wash., resident for eight years … graduate of Mary Brantley High School in Houston … heavy equipment mechanic for Echo Bay Minerals … chairman of Ferry County Action League, a conservative political organization … married, three children.

Finances: $51,658 as of Oct. 15.

Why he’s running: “I believe the size of government must be reduced. We are over-governed, over-regulated and over-taxed.”

Top priority: Protect resource-based industries.

, DataTimes