BILLINGS CANDIDACY

Former Washington State School Superintendent Judith Billings smiles as she announces in Seattle Wednesday, July 21, 2004, that she is running to get her old job back. Billings held the post from 1989 to 1996, resigning after learning that artificial insemination had given her AIDS, but she said Wednesday that her doctor approves and that the HIV infection will not keep her from running against current Superintendent Terry Bergeson, who has held the job since 1997 and is seeking a third term. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)