Don Cox (R)

Mon., Oct. 16, 2000

Personal

Member of Colfax Rotary … Community Bible Church

Employment

Teacher, counselor, administrator for Washington public schools from 1963-1990. Director of the Rural Education Center at WSU. Associate professor in Education Administration/Leadership, WSU … Associate professor in Educational Administration/Leadership, WSU, Spokane

Education

BA, Whitworth College … Master’s, Counseling, Washington State University … Doctorate, Educational Leadership, Washington State University … Graduate studies, University of Washington and University of Idaho

Political history

Appointed to the Washington State House of Representatives, January 1999; re-elected, November 1999. … Superintendant, Colfax School District, 1990-1998.

Issues

Education, tax breaks for seniors, improving the economy

Quote

“Through years of working with people in school settings, both K through 12 and higher education, I really recognize that nobody’s got all the right answers and we really have to get at the issues by tapping both sides of the aisle.”

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