Douglas Richard "Doug" Cloud (born 1957) is a lawyer and four-time Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)

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 candidate for United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 in Washington State's 6th Congressional District (currently held by Norman D. Dicks

Norman D. Dicks

Norman DeValois "Norm" Dicks is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1977. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

).

In 2008, he lost against incumbent Norm Dicks in the general election on November 4, 2008, 33% to 67%.

Background

Born in Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...

 and raised in Fife Heights, he graduated from Fife High School in 1975 after being student body president. He then attended the University of Washington

University of Washington

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, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and later a degree in Law. After graduation, Cloud soon began serving as a Deputy Prosecutor for Kitsap County.

2010 Congressional campaign

On February 1, 2010, Cloud announced that he would run again for US House of Representatives for Washington State's 6th district.

Political Stance

Cloud's political leanings fall under conservative and libertarian. His campaign website outlines key political issues:

• Health Care: Cloud proposes rooting out Medicare fraud, health insurance across state lines, ending monopoly practices and supporting health savings accounts for patient choice
• Bailouts: Cloud opposes them
• Stimulus Spending: Cloud believes that stimulus spending may be backfiring and only increasing unemployment.
• Cap-and-Trade: He believes the "only...slight benefit" from Cap-n-Trade is not worth the regulation and taxation required to implement the plan.

Personal life

Doug married his wife, Elice Cloud (née Blackburn) 25 years ago. They have three children, Thomas(23), Allison(20), and Anna(16). The family has lived in Gig Harbor, WA for over 20 years.

Endorsements

Mike Shedlock, popular blogger of “Mish’s Global Economics Trend Analysis”, listed Cloud as one of the five candidates who he believes “will make a huge difference when elected” and of the same caliber as congressman Ron Paul.