Candidates

Editor’s note: Information on the following candidates was omitted from the Election 2004 voters guide published in Tuesday’s Spokesman-Review.

David Buri

Republican: Running for the 9th District, Position 2 seat in the state House of Representatives against Democrat Eileen Macoll.

Personal: 41, married with two children.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in music, Southwestern College in Phoenix, Ariz.

Professional: Bank of Whitman in Colfax, employee and vice president of public relations 1990-1998. Legislative aide for state Sen. Larry Sheahan 1999-2004.

Political: Colfax School Board 1996-1998; Colfax Chamber of Commerce, vice president in 1994, president in 1994.

Key issues: His great-grandfather chose Eastern Washington because it was a place of opportunity. “My main thrust will be to help create an environment where Eastern Washington is a place of opportunity again.”

Rob McKenna

Republican: Running for state attorney general against Democrat Deborah Senn.

Personal: 42, married, with four children

Education: Earned dual bachelor’s degrees in economics and international studies from the University of Washington in 1985. He got his law degree in 1988 from the University of Chicago law school.

Professional: Worked for the Seattle law firm Perkins Coie from 1988 to 1995, doing mostly business and regulatory law.

Political: Elected to the King County Council in 1996, running unopposed in 1999 and 2003.

Key issues: As the state’s lawyer, McKenna said he’d make sure that state government follows the law. He’s annoyed, for example, at state agencies’ violations of the state public records laws. He said he would protect public safety by being the state’s “top advocate for law enforcement.” And he said he would protect taxpayers by reducing lawsuits against the state and pushing for changes to reduce liability lawsuits against anyone, not just the state. He would strengthen the AG’s consumer protection division.