For those of you trying to find out more information on Commerce Secretary-nominee Gary Locke and his positions on various issues, here's a little handy guide from the National Journal that compares his positions with those of the two previous nominees Bill Richardson and Judd Gregg.

We've excerpted his bio and his positions for you after the flip.

Gary Locke
Locke, 59, became the country's first Chinese-American governor when he won Washington's gubernatorial race in 1996. He was known during his time in office for building the state's trade relations with China and working with a narrowly divided legislature. He is now a lawyer with an international firm in Seattle.
King County deputy prosecuting attorney, 1976-80

Staff attorney, Washington Senate, 1981
Legal adviser of the Seattle Human Rights Department, 1981-82
Washington House of Representatives, 1982-1993
Community relations manager with U.S. West, 1988-1992
King County chief executive, 1994-1997
Washington governor, 1997-2005, chairing the Democratic Governors Association in 2003
Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine, 2005-present, focusing on relations with China. (He organized a visit of China's president to Seattle in 2006 and carried the Olympic torch in 2008.)
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Energy
Prompted by energy shortages in Washington in 2000, Locke called for the state to "diversify our energy sources beyond hydropower and fossil fuel" and "promote renewable energy and nurture our state's growing high-tech energy efficiency industries." He also signed a 2004 executive order directing state government to lower its petroleum use, increase recycling and reduce energy purchases.
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Civil Rights and the Workplace
Locke extended health benefits to the same-sex partners of state employees and vetoed a bill banning gay marriage (his veto was overturned). He also publicly opposed Initiative 200, which proposed to ban racial and gender preferences in government hiring, contracting or education. It passed despite the governor's objections.
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Science and Technology
Locke helped grow Washington's high-tech industry, supporting funding for research centers and private-public R&D partnerships. He also fought to develop Washington's biotech industry and was a proponent of stem-cell research.
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No Child Left Behind
Delivering the Democratic response to President Bush's State of the Union address in 2003, Locke faulted the president for failing "to give communities the help they need to meet these new high standards." Locke helped to push measures to increase school spending and lower class sizes, but during a 2003 budget shortfall, he irked educators by suspending those spending measures. Later he fought (unsuccessfully) for a bill tying education funding to a sales tax increase.
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Labor and Trade
As governor, Locke went on 10 trade missions in eight years. After leaving office, he specialized in China trade as a partner with the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine; the Obama administration has dismissed talk that his work for high-profile clients and industries could complicate his candidacy. During his tenure, Boeing moved its corporate headquarters from Seattle to Chicago, but Locke did induce the aerospace giant to assemble its new 787 airliner in Everett. Locke supported a successful ballot initiative to link the minimum wage to inflation in 1998 and signed a bill that expanded collective bargaining in 2002.
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Health Care
To help make up a steep budget deficit in 2003, Locke proposed nearly halving the number of people covered by state's Basic Health Plan, insurance for those who don't qualify for Medicaid. In 2003, he signed a bill reducing the threshold for a married couple's assets if one of them is on Medicaid long-term coverage.
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Immigration
In 2003, Locke fought for a bill allowing children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition and attend state-supported colleges. However, budget-savings Medicare cuts approved by Locke a year earlier undermined health care options for the state's illegal immigrants. Locke also had to apologize to outraged crowds of immigrants who showed up at the state capitol for proposing to cut aid to immigrants preparing for the citizenship test.

Hope that helps!