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Primary
ister through My Vote or can download
and fill out the voter registration form
available at sos.oregon.gov/elections/
Documents/SEL500.pdf then mail it to or
drop it off at the county elections office at
555 Court Street NE in Salem. People also
can register in person at the county elec-
tions office.
Voters should have received notifica-
tion cards about their registration within
the past week. The cards include the vot-
er’s precinct, senate and representative
districts based on the recent redistricting
process.
New county commissioner districts
will go into effect for the 2023 election cy-
cle, and will not be reflected on the voter
notification.
The deadline to register to vote is 11:59
p.m. April 26.
Seats on the ballot
and who’s running
There are multiple county and city
seats up for election this year.
Marion County
Board of Commissioners
Two seats on the Board of Commis-
sioners are up for election.
h Position 1 is currently held by Re-
publican Kevin Cameron. Cameron is
running unchallenged for the Republican
nomination. Andrew Dennis, a program
analyst at Oregon Housing and Commu-
nity Services, a state agency, is running
unchallenged for the Democratic nomi-
nation.
h Position 2 is currently held by Re-
publican Colm Willis. Willis has filed for
the Republican nomination and is un-
challenged. Mark Wigg is running for the
Democratic nomination and is unchal-
lenged.
House of Representatives in October. Sa-
lem City Councilor Chris Hoy was ap-
pointed to replace Clem, but does not live
in the re-drawn district.
In the Republican primary, long-time
Oregon politico Kevin Mannix is running
against forklift operator Kyler McNaught.
Among the Democrats, the race is
among small business owner and veteran
Ramiro Navarro Jr., farm and outdoor
store manager David McCall and financial
analyst Robert Husseman.
House District 22
Two Republicans and two Democrats
will compete to fill the seat vacated by
State Rep. Teresa Alonso Leon and her
campaign for Congress.
Accounts receivable clerk Karl Emm-
rich and senior education policy analyst
Anthony Medina will face off in the Dem-
ocratic primary. The Republican race will
be between cybersecurity analyst Jim
Lowder and former dental assistant Tra-
cy Cramer.
The remaining seats in the greater Sa-
lem area won’t have a contested primary
on either side of the aisle:
Senate District 10
h Democrat: Sen. Deb Patterson (in-
cumbent).
h Republican: Rep. Raquel Moore-
Green.
House District 18
h Republican: Rep. Rick Lewis (incum-
bent).
h Democrat: Jesse Smith, former small
business owner and part-time web devel-
oper.
House District 20
h Democrat: Rep. Paul Evans (incum-
bent).
h Republican: Dan Farrington, medical
consulting business owner.
House District 23
h Republican: Anna Scharf (incum-
bent).
h Democrat: Elise Yarnell Hollamon,
Newberg city councilor.
Oregon governor
More than 30 people have filed to run
for governor and been determined eligi-
ble.
District Attorney
Republican candidates
h Incumbent Paige Clarkson is run-
ning for reelection.
h Clarkson is being challenged by
Spencer Todd, a public defender.
Nearly 20 are seeking the Republican
nomination.
h Raymond Baldwin, from Clackamas
County.
h Bridget Barton, from Clackamas
County.
h Court Boice, who serves on the Curry
County Board of Commissioners.
h David Burch, from Marion County.
h Reed Christensen, from Washington
County.
h Christine Drazan, who’s currently
serving as a state representative for part
of Clackamas County and is the House
minority leader.
h Jessica Gomez, from Jackson Coun-
ty.
h Nick Hess, from Washington Coun-
ty.
h Tim McCloud, from Marion County.
h Kerry McQuisten, the current mayor
of Baker City in Baker County.
h Brandon Merritt, from Deschutes
County.
h Bud Pierce, from Polk County.
h John Presco, from Springfield.
h Stan Pulliam, the current mayor of
Sandy in Clackamas County.
h Amber Richardson, from Jackson
County.
h Bill Sizemore, from Deschutes Coun-
ty.
h Stefan Strek, from Eugene.
h Marc Thielman, who resigned as su-
perintendent of the Alsea School District
to run for governor.
h Bob Tiernan, a former state repre-
sentative from Clackamas County.
Other offices
Sam Brentano, a former county com-
missioner, has filed unchallenged to run
for county treasurer. Current Justice of
the Peace Justin Kidd has also filed to run
for the office and is unchallenged.
State Legislature
Four state house and senate seats in
the Salem area will have primary con-
tests.
Senate District 11
Next January, for the first time since
1999, Salem will not be represented in the
Oregon Senate by Senate President Peter
Courtney. Five people are running, two
Republicans and three Democrats.
Sen. Kim Thatcher, R-Keizer, will
square off against small business owner
Marcello De Cicco in the Republican pri-
mary.
The Democratic race will be among
Anthony Rosilez, executive director of the
Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices
Commission; Eric Swenson, Woodburn
mayor; and Richard Walsh, former Keizer
city councilor.
House District 19
With current Rep. Raquel Moore-
Green running for Senate, this race also is
without an incumbent but is full of cur-
rent and former elected politicians.
Only one Republican is running, for-
mer Salem city councilor TJ Sullivan.
Two current Salem city councilors are
competing against each other in the
Democratic primary — Tom Andersen
and Jackie Leung. Rep. Brad Witt, who
currently represents House District 31
northwest of Portland, will also join the
mix.
House District 21
Five candidates are seeking the seat
formerly held by Rep. Brian Clem, who
announced his resignation from the
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target key infrastructure, like water sys-
tems, or hospitals.
“Domestic terrorists draw from many
philosophies and worldviews to justify il-
legal acts,” they wrote.
Their report pointed to Oregon’s “his-
tory of violent extremism” – ranging from
the 1984 contamination of a salad bar in
The Dalles by the followers of the spiritual
leader Rajneesh, which sickened more
than 700 people, to the occupation of the
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Har-
ney County in 2016. Oregon saw a “spike”
in these incidents in 2020, including the
breach of the state Capitol and the shoot-
ing of a protestor by another protestor in
Portland.
That history means the state must fo-
cus more on ways to diminish the risk
that extremist activities pose, auditors
said.
“Attacks on the Oregon state capitol
h Peter Hall, a city councilor for Haines
in Baker County.
h Tina Kotek, who’s served as a state
representative for part of Multnomah
County since 2007 and House Speaker
since 2013; she resigned the posts to run.
h Dave Lavinsky, from Deschutes
County.
h Keisha Lanell Merchant, from Ben-
ton County.
h Tobias Read, a Washington County
resident who’s served as state treasurer
since 2017.
h Patrick E. Starnes, from Linn Coun-
ty.
h John Sweeney, from Multnomah
County.
h Michael Trimble, from Multnomah
County.
h Genevieve Wilson, from Multnomah
County.
h Peter Winter, from Clackamas Coun-
ty.
BOLI Commissioner
Seven people have filed to lead the
state agency in this nonpartisan race:
h Aaron Baca, a small business owner
from Washington County.
h Brent Barker, a banker and small
business owner from Washington Coun-
ty.
h Cheri Helt, a business owner from
Deschutes County.
h Chris Henry, a union linehaul truck
driver from Clackamas County.
h Casey M. Kulla, a Yamhill County
commissioner who was running for gov-
ernor until recently.
h Robert Neuman, a Baker County res-
ident who describes himself as a general
laborer.
h Christina Stephenson, a civil rights
attorney and small business owner from
Washington County.
Congressional District 5
Oregon’s fifth congressional district
includes some suburbs south of Portland,
the Salem area and stretches south and
eastward over the Cascades. Incumbent
Kurt Schrader, a Democrat, will face Ja-
mie McLeod-Skinner, of Terrebonne,
who challenged former U.S. Rep. Greg
Walden, R-Ore., prior to redistricting in
2018.
Five Republicans are running in that
party’s primary: Lori Chavez-DeRemer,
formerly the mayor of Happy Valley; Jim-
my Crumpacker, a Bend investor; John Di
Paola, a retired doctor, of Wilsonville;
Madison Oatman, a Bend mitigation
technician for a restoration company; and
Laurel Roses, a Mulino co-owner of a
trucking company.
Congressional District 6
More than a dozen are seeking the
Democratic nomination:
h David Beem, from Marion County.
h Julian Bell, from Jackson County.
h Wilson Bright, from Multnomah
County.
h George Carrillo, from Washington
County.
h Michael Cross, from Marion County.
h Ifeanyichukwu Diru, from Washing-
ton County.
Oregon was granted a sixth congres-
sional seat for the first time during the na-
tionwide redistricting process last year,
and 15 candidates have emerged to be-
come its inaugural representative.
The new district encompasses Polk
and Yamhill counties as well as portions
of Marion County (including Salem),
Clackamas County and Washington
County.
Six are on the Republican side: Rep.
Ron Noble of McMinnville; former Keizer
city councilor Amy Ryan Courser; clean
energy executive Nate Sandvig; former
U.S. representative and state senator Jim
Bunn; Dundee mayor David Russ; and
U.S. Air Force veteran Angela Plowhead.
Among the Democrats, Rep. Teresa
Alonso Leon of Woodburn, Rep. Andrea
Salinas of Lake Oswego and former Mult-
nomah County commissioner Loretta
Smith are the candidates with the most
government experience. But there are a
host of well-funded, if inexperienced,
candidates also vying for voters’ approv-
al.
Here are the top five candidates in the
race when looking at funding, according
to Federal Election Commission data.
Campaign finance information for federal
races is reported quarterly to the FEC; the
next report will be on April 15.
h Democrat Cody Reynolds, United
States Army veteran — $2 million in cam-
paign account (from a loan he made to
himself).
h Democrat Matt West, Intel develop-
ment engineer —$620,000 in campaign
account.
and the U.S. capitol over the last couple
years clearly demonstrated the risk to
public safety and the high cost on public
resources resulting from domestic terror-
ism and violent extremism,” said Audits
Division Director Kip Memmott. “Our re-
port notes that Oregon is especially at
high risk for this type of violence.”
The report also suggested the state’s
homeland security council come up with
a statewide strategy that includes “spe-
cific, measurable outcomes” to counter
extremist activities, and that the state re-
vise its plan to protect critical infrastruc-
ture like hospitals and power plants with
the “latest information” on threats of do-
mestic violent extremism.
Different agencies on different levels
of government have overlapping jurisdic-
tion over extremist acts, which could be
inefficient and can lead to “confusion and
miscommunication,” auditors said. For-
mal working agreements between levels
of government could mean that time-
sensitive information could flow more ef-
ficiently between parties.
The report also recommended the
state should look for more federal money
to support its efforts to mitigate the risk of
domestic extremism, and that more
training for police and state employees
could mean the state could do a better job
“identifying potential threats,” auditors
said.
And they said the state should have a
system for being transparent about do-
mestic extremism because policymakers
have a hard time understanding the “na-
ture and extent of the threat” because
public information is so limited. Neither
Oregon nor the feds publish reports on
terror plots or incidents, but auditors said
they should be reported to the public
when the information doesn’t compro-
mise privacy or security. They said the
state should boost awareness of extrem-
ism, and how extremist groups recruit
and target people online.
The state’s Department of Justice and
the Oregon State Police are responsible
for preventing and responding to crimes
that could meet the definition of domes-
tic terrorism or violent extremism.
“Oregon must be an inclusive place
Democratic candidates
h Sandvig — $185,000 in campaign ac-
count.
h Salinas — $180,000 in campaign ac-
count.
h Smith — $175,000 in campaign ac-
count.
U.S. Senate
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat, is
seeking reelection.
He faces two primary challengers:
h William E. Barlow III, from Yamhill
County.
h Brent Thompson, from Curry Coun-
ty.
More than half a dozen Republicans
are seeking the party nomination to run
in November:
h Jason Beebe, the current mayor of
Prineville in Crook County.
h Chris Christensen, a Washington
County resident who ran for the First
Congressional District in 2020.
h Robert M. Fleming, from Multnomah
County.
h Darin Harbick, a business owner
from Lane County whose name people
might recognize from Harbick’s Country
Inn.
h Sam Palmer, a commissioner in
Grant County.
h Jo Rae Perkins, from Linn County.
h Ibra A Taher, a Eugene resident who
describes himself as a self-employed phi-
losophy teacher.
Ballot measures
There are four ballot measures in Mar-
ion County so far:
h Measure24-460, regarding whether
the city of Sublimity should continue to
put fluoride in its water supply.
h Measure 24-461, regarding whether
the city of Donald should assess residents
to pay for police services.
h Measure 24-462, regarding whether
the city of Aurora should issue bonds for
water system improvements and con-
struction projects.
h Measure 24-463, regarding whether
Gervais School District No. 1 should issue
bonds for school construction, improve-
ment and repair projects.
What district are you voting in?
All Marion County residents vote for
U.S. Senate and for statewide offices like
governor and BOLI Commissioner. Mar-
ion County commissioners are elected
countywide.
State legislators are elected by district.
To see which district you live in, go to ore-
gonlegislature.gov/findyourlegislator/
leg-districts.html, which is valid through
2022 and has links to redistricting infor-
mation.
Salem residents can find their ward at
cityofsalem.net/Pages/ward-map.aspx.
Getting a ballot and voting
Active registered voters will receive an
official ballot in the mail to complete and
return. Ballots are being mailed out April
28.
People can mail ballots back or drop
them off at an official dropbox, which
opens April 28. Dropbox locations will be
available
at
sos.oregon.gov/voting/
Pages/drop-box-locator.aspx 20 days be-
fore the election.
Ballots must be received or mailed
with a valid postmark by 8 p.m. on Elec-
tion Day.
Get more information on elections
Oregon residents are expected to re-
ceive pamphlets with information on bal-
lot measures and candidates two to three
weeks before the election to give them
time to research what’s on the ballot.
There’s also more information on vot-
ing and elections available on various
webpages:
h Oregon:sos.oregon.gov/voting-
elections/Pages/default.aspx
h Marion County: co.marion.or.us/
CO/elections
Contact city government watchdog
Megan Banta at mbanta@register-
guard.com.Salem reporters Whitney
Woodworth, Connor Radnovich and
Claire Withycombe contributed report-
ing.
where everyone is and feels safe,” Secre-
tary of State Shemia Fagan said in a state-
ment. “The rise in domestic terrorism is
an immediate threat to Oregonians and
we cannot simply wait for the next inci-
dent to occur. We can and must take im-
mediate steps to prevent individuals at
risk from being radicalized and becoming
violent.”
State Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth,
who sits on the Oregon Homeland Securi-
ty Council, said the report “underscores
the critical nature of the work we still
haven’t finished.”
“We must become more focused upon
strengthening our statewide security
posture against cyber and physical at-
tacks upon our people and place,” Evans
said in a statement. “...I look forward to
working with stakeholders to build upon
the reforms we have made over these past
few years.”
Claire Withycombe is the state govern-
ment reporter for the Statesman Journal.
She
can
be
reached
at
cwithycombe@statesmanjournal.com or
503-910-3821.