Jerry Stoicheff (D)

Wed., Oct. 18, 2000

Resume: 65, retired elementary school teacher, 40-year resident of Sandpoint, four children and two grandchildren, appointed to Legislature after husband Rep. Jim Stoicheff’s death in December 1999, member House Local Government Committee, State Affairs Committee and Resources and Conservation Committee, actively involved in teachers organizations, Sandpoint Democratic precinct committee captain and state committee woman, member Sandpoint Methodist Church.

Why Running: “I would like to be able to represent the average people and particularly people of no means.”

Issues: Class sizes, school construction, high-tech schools, rural economic development, supports open forests, advocates cap on higher education tuition increases, supports field-burning restrictions, opposes Rock Creek Mine, opposes state control of federal lands, opposes deregulation of power industry.

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