Judy Olson (D)

Resume: 50, lifelong Palouse resident … three years of college at Washington State University and University of Idaho … farmer, 24 years, former bank teller, school library assistant, member of EPA water advisory board, 1991-92 … past president, state and national Association of Wheat Growers president, member, Dry Pea and Lentil Association, Grange, Farm Bureau, Eastern Star, board member, Bank of Whitman … married, three sons.

Finances: Raised about $74,000 as of Aug. 26. Largest donor AFL-CIO, $2,500.

Why running: “I’m running to represent middle-class families of this district. George Nethercutt’s failed abysmally at that.”

Top priority on taking office: “Ask for a seat on the Agriculture Committee.”

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