Dale Foreman (R)

Resume: 48, born Seattle, resident of Wenatchee … Law degree 1975, bachelor of arts 1970, Harvard University … Lawyer, author of books on medical and dental malpractice; orchardist; state legislator, currently House majority leader … member, state Trial Lawyers Association, state Horticulture Association and Farm Bureau, past chairman, state Heart Association … Married, three children.

Finances: Raised $756,000 as of Sept. 3, about $57,000 of it his own money.

Why he’s running: “Washington state has been run by liberals from Seattle and Tacoma for the last 12 years. I want to lead the state in a new conservative direction.”

First priority: “Ask for the resignations of all Lowry appointees and replace them with people who are not career bureaucrats, telling them to come back to me with a plan to downsize their agencyies by 7 percent.”

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