P6 THE SPOKESMAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021
Oregon gets 6th congressional district
BY GARY A. WARNER
Oregon Capital Bureau
2ND DISTRICT
Four districts held by
Democrats
Held by Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario
1ST
Pendleton
3RD
Portland
5TH
The Dalles
La Grande
Salem
Madras
Redmond
Eugene
Burns
4TH
Grants Pass
Medford
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
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participated in the 2020 Cen-
sus to make sure you were
counted,” Brown said.
Oregon’s new seat was in ap-
portionment, the reassignment
of the 435 congressional seats
after each census.
The census reports Oregon’s
2020 population is just under
4.24 million, up from 3.83 mil-
lion in 2010.
Oregon’s 10.6% increase was
City offers free personal
The project led by the City
protective gear at drive-up of Redmond, in collaboration
The City of Redmond will
hold a free personal protective
equipment (PPE) drive-up and
pick-up event in the rear park-
ing lot of City Hall, 411 SE 9th
Street Thursday from 10 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m.
Business owners or
their representatives are
encouraged to get supplies
needed to keep staff and
customers safe, according to a
press release.
Supplies are limited and in-
clude masks, hand sanitizer,
disinfectant spray, thermom-
eters, gloves, wipes, and face
shields.
The event is part of the
COVID response effort created
over a year ago called Red-
mond Rallies.
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well above the national popula-
tion growth of 7.4%, the slow-
est rate since the 1940 Census
that came after the Great De-
pression.
Bend had the largest pop-
ulation growth in Oregon —
about 25% — over the past
decade.
The other largest concentra-
tion of growth was the ring of
suburbs around Portland, with
Gresham, Troutdale, Sandy,
Estacada, Beaverton, Tigard,
Newberg and St. Helens all
posting strong growth.
The U.S. population in 2020
was just under 331.5 million.
Census officials said a fall-
ing birthrate, slowing immi-
gration and deaths of an in-
creasing number of the large
post-World War II baby boom
generation were the reasons for
the tepid growth.
The 6th Congressional Dis-
trict is the first new seat for Or-
egon since the 1980 Census.
Five other states received ad-
ditional seats. Texas gets two
more seats. Colorado, Florida,
Montana, North Carolina each
received one.
California lost a seat for the
first time in state history. It will
still have the largest delegation,
with 52 seats.
Also losing a seat were New
York, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio,
Pennsylvania and West Vir-
ginia.
In an announcement that
has political leaders promis-
ing to take action against the
count, New York fell just 89
people short of keeping all its
seats.
Meet Max, a 3-year-old “bully breed” dog looking
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was described as fine with cats but he thinks chick-
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and loves to be with people. He would benefit from
a bit more basic training to refine his manners. Max
may do best as the only dog in the home or with a
calm female dog. For more info, call BrightSide An-
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with local partners, works to
help centralize pandemic in-
formation and resources.
For more information on
the event call Chuck Arnold,
Urban Renewal Program Man-
ager at -541-923-7761.
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SALEM — Oregon will have
a sixth congressional seat up
for grabs in 2022 under the
once-a-decade shuffling of
Congress, the U.S. Census an-
nounced Monday.
Where in Oregon the new
seat will be located won’t be
known until autumn.
The additional seat also
gives Oregon an additional
Electoral College vote, which is
based on House seats plus U.S.
Senate seats. Oregon will have
eight votes for choosing the
president in the 2024 election.
Oregon will also receive sev-
eral billion dollars more in fed-
eral aid for medical services,
schools and affordable housing
that is based on a formula us-
ing the number of House dis-
tricts to determine each state’s
share.
Gov. Kate Brown said the
strong turnout in Oregon to
answer the census ensured that
Oregon’s voice will be ampli-
fied in federal decisions.
Brown released a statement
praising the “great news” of the
additional seat.
“Thanks to everyone who
Oregon’s current districts
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