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2006 Washington state
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Claudia Kauffman Redmorningstar
Elected to State Senate District 47 (Open Seat)
Kent, Auburn, Covington, & Black Diamond
Claudia Kauffman is a a Nez Perce tribal member and elected State Senator from District 47. She previously worked as the intergovernmental affairs liaison for the Muckleshoot tribe since 2001 the People's Lodge Project and co-founded the grassroots organization Native Action Network. She sits on the board of trustees of The Evergreen State University. A former foster parent, she is married and is raising her two children in Kent.
Chris Marr
Elected to State Senate District 6 (Challenger)
Spokane
Chris Marr recently stepped down as President and COO of the Foothills Auto Group, which operates a host of dealerships in the Spokane Area that generate $80 million a year in sales and employs 160 people. Until launching his campaign, he served on the Board of Regents of Washington State University, on the Board of Governors of the Washington State University Foundation, and as Chairman of the Board of Empire Health Services and Inland Northwest Health Services. He has served as Chairman of the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce, as well as Chair of the Washington State Transportation Commission (the governing board of the Washington State Dept. of Transportation), and chaired the Transition Committee for Governor-Elect Christine Gregoire in 2004. Recently, he was honored with the Washington Environmental Council's 2005 Backyard Hero Award for his leadership efforts in passing state Clean Car legislation. This Senate seat provides a unique opportunity to make Democratic in-roads in Eastern Washington.
John McCoy
Elected to State Representative District 38 (Incumbent)
Everett, Marysville, and the Tulalip Indian Reservation
John McCoy, running for re-election in the 38th for State Representative, is a Tulalip Tribes member and has been representing the district for two terms. He is the fourth Native American to be elected into the Washington State Legislature since statehood and is currently the only one serving. Over the past two terms, John has made important investments in higher education and health care, helped develop a compromise between business and labor on unemployment insurance, and strengthened Labor & Industries' wage payment regulations. This year, he faces the same opponent he faced in 2004. He narrowly won re-election and we're not taking this race for granted.