Don Cox
Party: Republican
Age: 65
Personal: Married to Sherry. Two grown children and five grandchildren.
Education: Whitworth College, BA; Washington State University, Ed.M. Counseling; Washington State University, Ed. D. Educational Leadership; Additional graduate studies at University of Washington and University of Idaho.
Professional: Director of the Rural Education Center at WSU. Prior Assoc. Prof. in Educational aministration/leadership at WSU Spokane; Superintendent Colfax School District, 1990-98; Teacher, counselor and administrator at various Washington State public schools, 1963-1990
Political: State representative, District 9, elected Nov. 1999; currently the ranking Republican on the Higher Education Committee. Also on the Appropriations and Education committees.
Key issues: Higher Education K-12 education
Quote: "Priorities, not politics"
