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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017
Oregon Republicans optimistic about party’s prospects
both chambers.
State Senate Minority
Leader Ted Ferrioli, R-John
Day, noted in remarks Fri-
day night that one Senate seat
fl ipped in the last election from
Democrat to Republican.
Sen. Alan DeBoer, R-Ash-
land, won a special election
to fi nish the last two years of
the term of the late Sen. Alan
Bates, D-Medford, who died
in August. DeBoer won the
race by just under 400 votes,
according to the Secretary of
State’s Offi ce.
Salem physician Bud
Pierce, the Republican guber-
natorial candidate who lost to
Democratic Gov. Kate Brown
last year, said he was feel-
ing optimistic about the future
of the Republican P arty in
Oregon.
Pierce, who is on the
board of directors of Oregon’s
League of Minority Voters,
moderated a panel of speak-
ers that included Promise
King, executive director of the
league, about including people
of color in state politics and
campaigns.
Asked by a reporter whether
he sees a confl ict between his
party’s aim to include minority
Dorchester
a draw for
conservatives
By CLAIRE
WITHYCOMBE
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Apparently
buoyed by the victory of Pres-
ident Donald Trump and Ore-
gon Secretary of State Dennis
Richardson, Oregon Repub-
licans convening here Friday
and Saturday were optimis-
tic about opportunities for the
GOP in the Beaver State.
Richardson’s
election
secured the party’s fi rst state-
wide elected offi ce since 2002,
resulting in something of a
victory lap vibe at the annual
Dorchester Conference . The
conference had been held in
Seaside for the past 46 years
before moving to Salem this
year.
While Republicans lead a
solid majority of state legis-
latures, Oregon is one of 12
states where Democrats are
in charge in both chambers,
compared to 32 states where
Republicans have control of
Claire Withycombe/Capital Bureau
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden poses for a photo at the Dorchester
Conference Saturday with Promise King, executive direc-
tor of the Oregon League of Minority Voters. Republicans
attending the annual political conference were optimistic
about the party’s chances to expand its fortunes.
groups and the rhetoric of
President Trump — who has
been prone to making gross
generalizations about minority
groups, including immigrants
from Mexico — Pierce said he
was waiting to see what action
the president takes.
“Let’s see if he can give a
legal status to 11 million peo-
ple,” Pierce said. Pressed about
the likelihood of such a rever-
sal by the president, Pierce
said: “Well see, you know, it
was unlikely that Nixon would
go to China.”
Affordable housing
Pierce points to the state’s
lack of affordable housing as
one example of what he calls
the “failures” of the Demo-
crats’ policies in Oregon that
he believes could attract more
voters to the right.
The Legislature is debat-
ing proposals to ban rent hikes
and no-cause evictions, and
many Republicans at the con-
ference advocated instead for
loosening up the state’s land
use restrictions to encourage
more development and hous-
ing supply.
Pierce said he believes
Republicans may benefi t from
the growing number of voters
in the state who are not affi l-
iated with any political party.
Many new voters have been
registered recently through the
state’s new automatic voter
registration law, which reg-
isters voters as unaffi liated
unless they designate a politi-
cal party.
“Can we become the nat-
ural place for the unaffi li-
ated votes?” Pierce asked.
“Maybe they won’t call them-
selves Republicans, but maybe
they’ll do it.”
State Rep. Greg Barreto,
R-Cove, referencing relatively
recent political shifts in Mich-
igan and Wisconsin, told con-
ference attendees he believes
Oregon could become a red
state.
“I think there’s a lot of hope
in Oregon,” Barreto said. “But
a lot of these other states, they
didn’t just change from blue
to red accidentally, there was
some pain that went on.”
Barreto referred to eco-
nomic woes in those states and
continued:
“If we’re not careful in
Oregon, there’s going to be
some pain in Oregon, when we
talk about PERS, when we talk
about Medicaid, when we talk
about bills that we can’t afford
to pay right now, we will feel
some pain.”
‘Fight back’
U.S. Rep Greg Walden,
R- Oregon , called on Republi-
cans to stay involved.
“You need to fi ght back,”
Walden said, when asked
by an attendee if conserva-
tive groups were organizing
to attend town halls. “If you
believe in why we run, if you
believe in the policies we’re
trying to implement, you have
to help us fi ght back, you have
to be there shoulder-to-shoul-
der with us.”
Spanish dinner supports chorale trip
DEATHS
March 5, 2017
NIMMO, Lillian Louise,
88, of Astoria, died in Asto-
ria. Caldwell’s Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary of Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
March 3, 2017
FRENCH, Roberta Jean,
82, of Portland, died in Port-
land. Caldwell’s Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary in Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
March 1, 2017
BOUDREAU, Ronald, 66,
of Warrenton, died in Warren-
ton. Hughes-Ransom Mortu-
ary & Crematory in Astoria
is handling the arrangements.
The Daily Astorian
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
48
38
36
Rain
THURSDAY
48
38
Chilly with rain
FRIDAY
49
38
Periods of rain
49
39
Cloudy with a couple of
showers
Chilly with periods of rain
Feast like a Spaniard and help the North
Coast Chorale reach the 11th-annual World
Symposium on Choral Music in July in
Barcelona.
On Friday , Fulio’s will host a benefi t din-
ner for North Coast Chorale. The menu will
include a stuffed tomato hors d’oeuvre, fennel
salad, paella, lamb chops with honey and La
Mancha sponge cake for dessert, all paired with
three Spanish wines.
Tickets are $75 per person, the proceeds
supporting travel costs for the c horale.
The symposium’s focus for this year is Col-
ors of Peace, creating a world of peace by using
harmony, understanding and respect toward
others. The c horale has chosen Journey in
Peace for its theme, dedicated to the memory of
the late Ann Goldeen.
So far, only 16 choral groups will be sing-
ing in the Circle Concerts at the symposium.
Other choirs are attending from Russia, Esto-
nia, China, Finland, Canada, Turkey, Argen-
tina, France and Singapore.
Call 503-440-9002 to reserve a spot.
CORRECTIONS
ALMANAC
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ASTORIA
36/48
Astoria through Sunday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 43°/34°
Normal high/low ........................... 53°/38°
Record high ............................ 71° in 1905
Record low ............................. 26° in 1955
Tillamook
38/49
Sunset tonight ........................... 6:09 p.m.
Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 6:43 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................ 12:13 p.m.
Moonset today ............................ 2:34 a.m.
Mar 12
Mar 20
Coos Bay
43/54
First
Mar 27
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
2:19 a.m.
3:43 p.m.
Low
3.2 ft.
0.3 ft.
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Nashville
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, DC
Hi
70
39
62
47
69
59
75
1
81
61
74
58
65
71
75
68
77
44
80
52
71
39
57
44
56
Lakeview
28/40
Ashland
32/44
TUESDAY
Seaside Community and
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
Hi
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Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Yakima
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
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68
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MONDAY
Youngs River Lewis & Clark
Water District Board, 6 p.m.,
34583 U.S. Highway 101 Busi-
ness.
Astoria City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017
Tonight's Sky: Mercury at superior conjunction with
the sun.
High
8.6 ft.
7.2 ft.
Burns
19/38
Klamath Falls
29/42
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winner from the high school.
Industry group wrongly
attributed — The Northwest
Sportfi shing Industry Associ-
ation is a lobbying group that
opposes commercial gillnet-
ting on the Columbia River.
Its positions on the matter are
closely linked with those of
Coastal Conservation Asso-
ciation Oregon, whose parent
organization owes its existence
to wealthy oilmen. A Feb. 13
editorial incorrectly blurred
the lines between the two.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Ontario
25/40
Bend
25/44
Medford
36/51
Apr 3
Baker
21/40
John Day
25/42
Roseburg
40/53
Brookings
42/50
UNDER THE SKY
Time
8:21 a.m.
10:06 p.m.
Prineville
24/46
Lebanon
37/49
Eugene
39/50
New
La Grande
25/40
Salem
38/50
Newport
40/50
SUN AND MOON
Last
Pendleton
28/46
The Dalles
30/45
Portland
37/48
Precipitation
Sunday ............................................. 0.79"
Month to date ................................... 3.09"
Normal month to date ....................... 1.30"
Year to date .................................... 20.97"
Normal year to date ........................ 18.69"
Full
Achievement incorrect
— Alexis Mather is the sec-
ond Miss Oregon to have
graduated from Astoria High
School, after Judith Hansen
from the Class of 1956. An 1A
story on Feb. 24 incorrectly
identifi ed her as the fi rst-ever
REGIONAL WEATHER
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Senior Commission, 10 a.m.,
1225 Avenue A.
Port of Astoria Commission, 5
p.m. workshop, 10 Pier 1, Suite
209.
Miles Crossing Sanitary
Sewer District Board, 6
p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101
Business.
Cannon Beach City Council, 7
p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Seaside Planning Commis-
sion, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Seaside Library Board, 4:30
p.m., 1131 Broadway.
Clatsop County Fair Board,
5:30 p.m., Clatsop County Fair &
Expo, 92937 Walluski Loop.
10 p.m.: 4-6-7-1
Friday’s Pick 4:
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55-56-59-63-71-80
Saturday’s Lotto: 02-26-28-32-
39-44
Estimated jackpot: $2.5 million
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Friday’s Daily Game: 6-0-3
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