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                  Darcy Burner
                  
                  
D-8th
                  District, Washington
                  
                  
(b.
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Darcy
                  Gibbons Burner- (b. Nov. 12,
                  1970-Nebraska)
                  
                  
Darcy
                  Burner announced her candidacy to unseat first-term
                  U.S. Representative Dave Reichert in the 8th
                  District in Washington in September of 2005. She
                  lost the 2006 general election to Dave Reichert,
                  but is attempting to win the Democratic nomination
                  for another attempt at Reichert's seat in the 2008
                  election.
                  
                  
Biographical Statement from Burner
                  Campaign Website:
                  
                  
"Darcy’s roots in
                  Washington stretch back to her childhood, when she
                  spent part of every summer in Thurston and Lewis
                  counties visiting her uncles, aunts, cousins, and
                  grandmother. These summers were complemented by
                  school years in military towns in Alaska, Montana,
                  and Nebraska. 
                  
                  
Darcy comes from a hard working
                  family. Her dad spent a career in the Air Force and
                  after his retirement worked as a public school
                  teacher. Her oldest brother is a janitor in
                  Olympia. Her other brother serves in the
                  Army’s 101st Airborne and has served one tour
                  of duty in Iraq. Her sister just got her nursing
                  degree. And her youngest brother delivers beer for
                  the Miller Brewing Company. 
                  
                  
Darcy worked hard in school, got
                  a National Merit Scholarship and went to Harvard.
                  She majored in computer science and economics. She
                  put herself through school by working for high-tech
                  firms in the Boston area. 
                  
                  
Darcy met her husband, Mike
                  Burner, while at college. They wed in 1993.
                  
                  
                  
After Darcy got her degree, she
                  and Mike moved to California to work in the high
                  tech sector. She focused on changing
                  companies’ products and services to better
                  respond to the customers’ real problems.
                  
                  
                  
In the summer of 1998, Mike was
                  offered a job at Microsoft. Darcy and he moved to
                  Washington. 
                  
                  
Darcy went to work for Microsoft
                  in 2000 and became the lead manager for an
                  initiative to change the way software was built. It
                  was very successful and enhanced Darcy’s
                  reputation as a successful businesswoman.
                  
                  
                  
Eager to start a family, Darcy
                  became pregnant and took maternity leave from
                  Microsoft. Henry Burner was born in January of
                  2003. 
                  
                  
Darcy has been active in her
                  community and in state politics. She
                  left Microsoft to spend the
                  time necessary to be elected to
                  the United States Congress
                  in the 8th District."
                  
                  
 
                  
                  
Burner lost the election to
                  Reichert, but is running again for the 2008
                  election. State Sen. Rodney Tom, is challenging
                  Darcy Burner in the Democratic Primary for the 8th
                  Congressional District seat in 2008.
                  
                  
As a part of her race for
                  Congress in 2007, Burner highlighted Reichert's
                  reliance on President Bush for campaign
                  fund-raising by holding a virtual town hall to
                  protest Bush's visit. See Burner
                  to stage "virtual" town hall to counter Bush
                  visit at the Seattle PI
                  website.
                  
                  
 
                  
                  
 
                  
                  
Education:
                  
                  
--Graduate
                     of Harvard
                  
                  
Career:
                  
                  
--1991-1992 University
                     of California, Berkeley developer, trainer,
                     system administrator 
                     
                     
--1993-1995 CenterLine
                     Software developer, trainer, and technical sales
                     engineer 
                     
                     
--1995-1997 Lotus Development
                     developer 
                     
                     
--1997-1999 Asymetrix
                     technical sales engineer, product manager
                     
                     
                     
--2000-2004 Microsoft Lead
                     Product Manager for Microsoft .NET 
                     
                     
 
                  
                  
 
                  
                  

               
            
         
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                            Lee, R. "The History Guy: Candidate Darcy
                           Burner"
                           
                           
http://www.politics.historyguy.com//burner_darcy.html
                            
                        
                     
                  
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Mike
                                    Burner
                                    --Husband
                                    (m. 1993)
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Children
                                    
                                    
Henry
                                       (b. 2003)
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                           
                            
                        
                     
                     

                        

                           
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Dave
                                    Reichert
                                    (2006
                                    Congressional
                                    Election)
                                    
                                    
Primary
                                       Vote Results (Sept.
                                       2006)
                                       
                                       
Burner--------54,776
                                          votes
                                          
                                          
Reichert------52,
                                          598 votes
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
 
                                       
                                       

                                 
                              
                           

                            

                           
                            
                           
                           

                        
                     
                     

                        

                           
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Burner
                                    for Congress
                                    Website--The
                                    Candidate's political
                                    website.
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
8th
                                    Congressional District
                                    Information--From
                                    Ourcongress website (pro-Democrat
                                    site)
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Washington
                                    Secretary of State's website for
                                    the 2006 election
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
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