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                  Former
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D-8th
                  District, Washington
                  
                  
(b.
                  1970)
               
               

                  

               
            
         
         
         
            
         
         

      
   
   

         

            

               

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Darcy
                  Gibbons Burner- (b. Nov. 12, 1970)
                  
                  
Darcy
                  Burner is a Democratic Congressional candidate
                  attempting to unseat incumbent Republican
                  representative Dave Reichert. The 2008 election is
                  her second campaign against Reichert. 
                  
                  
Darcy Burner was
                  born in Alaska in 1979, and adopted at birth by the
                  Gibbons family, who took her to Nebraska and raised
                  her in farming country in a Republican
                  household.
                  
                  
Darcy Gibbons
                  attended Harvard, graduating in 1996 with a B.A. in
                  computer science and economics. Her jobs included
                  working for Lotus Development, Asymetrix, and,
                  starting in 2000, as a lead product manager for
                  Microsoft .NET.
                  
                  
Darcy Gibbons
                  married Michael Burner in 1993. and their son Henry
                  was born in 2003. On July 1, 2008, an electrical
                  malfunction caused a fire which destroyed Burner's
                  home on Ames Lake, Washington.
                  
                  
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.
                  
                  
Darcy Burner worked
                  as a volunteer in the unsuccessful congressional
                  campaign of radio personality Dave
                  Ross for
                  Washington's 8th congressional district against
                  King County Sheriff Dave
                  Reichert of
                  Auburn. Reichert won his first term in Congress by
                  beating Ross, but then in 2006, Darcy Burner, a
                  Democrat, ran against Reichert, losing a close race
                  to the incumbent freshman Repbulican (Reichert won
                  51.5 percent of the vote).
                  
                  
Darcy Burner
                  decided to again challenge Dave Reichert for the
                  8th district seat in the 2008 election. In 2007,
                  Burner began her second race for Congress, and made
                  headlines by highlighting 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.
                  
                  
Burner's political
                  platform includes a call to get the U.S. out of the
                  War in Iraq, and has a plan, formed with other
                  Democratic candidates, called the "Responsible
                  Plan to End the War in Iraq."
                  Burner also seeks to make health care more
                  affordable for Americans.
                  
                  
Burner's main rival
                  for the 2008 Democratic primary election was State
                  Senator Rodney Tom. Tom dropped out of the race on
                  September 5, 2007, largely because Burner proved
                  much more effective at raising campaign money,
                  largely through the internet. Rodney Tom endorsed
                  Burner, and encouraged his supporters to back
                  Burner against Dave Reichert. Following Burner's
                  ascendency over Rodney Tom, the women's political
                  action group, EMILY's List, endorsed her campaign
                  on November 26, 2007.
                  
                  
 
                  
                  
 
                  
                  
 
                  
                  

               
            
         
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Family,
                           Career, and Personal
                           Highlights
                        
                     
                     

                        

                           

                              

                                 

                                    
Mike
                                    Burner
                                    --Husband
                                    (m. 1993)
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Children
                                    
                                    
Henry
                                       (b. 2003)
                                 
                              
                           
                            Education:
                           
                           
1996:
                              BA, Computer
                              Science and
                              Economics,
                              Harvard
                           
                           
Career/Occupation:
                           
                           
1995-1997:
                              Lotus Development--developer
                              
                              
1997-1999:
                              Asymetrix--ales engineer and product
                              manager 
                              
                              
2000-2004: Microsoft
                              --lead product manager for Microsoft
                              .NET.
                        
                     
                     

                        

                           
Political
                           Opponents
                        
                     
                     

                        

                           

                              

                                 

                                    
Opponent:
                                    Dave
                                    Reichert
                                    (2006
                                    Congressional
                                    Election)
                                    
                                    
General
                                       Electon Vote Results (Nov.
                                       2006)
                                       
                                       
Dave
                                          Reichert (R)
                                          --51.3%
                                          
                                          
Darcy
                                          Burner (D)
                                          --48.7%
                                       
                                       
Primary
                                       Electon Vote Results (Sept.
                                       2006)
                                       
                                       
Darch
                                          Burner (D)-54%(776
                                          votes)
                                          
                                          
Dave
                                          Reichert (R)--52% (598
                                          votes)
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
 Dave
                                       Reichert (R) (cw)
                                       51.3%
                                       
                                       
Darcy
                                       Burner (D) (cw)
                                       48.7%
                                       
                                       

                                 
                              
                           

                            

                           
                            
                           
                           

                        
                     
                     

                        

                           
Links
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                           Burner
                        
                     
                     

                        

                           
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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
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Darcy
                                    Burner--Wikipedia
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Darcy
                                    Burner's (old) Microsoft
                                    blog
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 

                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                           
                            
                        
                     
                     

                        

                           
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