Resume: 55, transferred to Spokane VA hospital from California in 1981 … VA nurse, 22 years; now health care management consultant and adjunct professor at Gonzaga … Nursing degree, DePaul University, Chicago; master’s degree in counseling psychology, Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.; doctorate in educational psychology, University of San Francisco … Member, National Organization for Women … Single, three children.

Finances: Raised $24,471.15 as of Oct. 21, including $9,922 worth of campaign mailers from the Washington State Democrats, $1,100 from the Washington Federation of State Employees, $1,000 from Democrat organization the 500 Club and $800 from the Retired Public Employees Council PAC.

Why she’s running: “I was convinced that the current representation had truly forgotten us, and particularly forgotten the vulnerable seniors and children.”

Top priority: “Health care - we need to put the caring back into it.”

, DataTimes