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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2017
Richardson ends speculation,
will not run for governor
Buffalo jump
Buehler, others
prepare to take
on Gov. Brown
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Secretary of
State Dennis Richardson con-
firmed Wednesday that he will
not seek the Republican nom-
ination for governor in 2018.
Despite having raised no
campaign funds, Richardson
drew political speculation that
he might run for the state’s
highest office, building on
momentum from 2016 when
he became the first Republi-
can to win statewide office
since 2002.
“I am serious about being
the best secretary of state I
can be and keeping my prom-
ise to voters to provide trans-
parency and accountability
and restore trust in govern-
ment, and that is where my
focus is,” Richardson said in a
phone interview with the EO
Media Group/Pamplin Media
Group Capital Bureau.
Patrick Webb/For EO Media Group
Drake Smith assembles a kite featuring a design by Blackfeet artist John Cadotte
at the Washington State International Kite Festival in Long Beach Wednesday. He
and his partner, Terry Lee Zee, of SkyWindWorld of Billings, Mont., have traveled
the world in the last five years promoting Native American art through kites. They
celebrate the old tradition of the buffalo jump, which pre-dates the introduction of
the horse. The fastest runner in the tribe was selected to wear a buffalo skin and
lead a herd toward and over a cliff, where the meat, hooves and hides were harvest-
ed. Several hundred buffalo jump sites have been discovered in the Western states
and Canada. The 14 kites will be flying during the festival on the beach at the far
west end of the Bolstad Avenue approach. The festival concludes Sunday.
Trio takes aim at Oregon’s
suicide-prevention gun law
Associated Press
BEND — Three Republi-
can politicians hope to overturn
a new Oregon law that makes it
easier to take guns away from
people considered at risk of
suicide.
The Bend Bulletin reports a
proposed referendum to over-
turn the law was filed Tues-
day. The posting on the Secre-
tary of State’s website lists the
chief petitioners as Republican
House members Mike Near-
man of Independence and Bill
Post of Keizer, along with Teri
Grier, a Coos County Republi-
can who lost a race for a House
seat.
The bill signed into law last
week allows police or an imme-
diate family member to seek an
“extreme risk protection order”
for someone who they believe
is a suicide risk. If a judge
grants the order, the person
must surrender his or her guns.
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By putting the rumors
to rest, Richardson opens
the way for other Republi-
can candidates to consoli-
date support. The campaign
for state Rep. Knute Bue-
hler, a moderate Republican
from Bend who declared his
bid for governor earlier this
month, declined comment on
Richardson’s announcement.
Happy Valley Mayor Lori
Chavez-DeRemer has said
she also may enter the GOP
primary for a chance to chal-
lenge incumbent Democrat
Gov. Kate Brown.
DeRemer said she is
focused on making the “best
decision for the people, the
investors and the state as a
whole” on whether to enter
the race.
“No announcement about
who is or isn’t running takes
us off our overall strategy,”
she said.
Brown has been fundrais-
ing and campaigning since
shortly after her election in
November but has yet to offi-
cially announce a reelection
bid. Her campaign did not
immediately respond Wednes-
day to requests for comment.
Richardson, a former law-
maker from Central Point,
lost a challenge to former
Gov. John Kitzhaber in 2014.
Kitzhaber stepped down as
governor less than four months
later in the midst of an influ-
ence-peddling scandal involv-
ing him and first lady Cylvia
Hayes. A federal investigation
of the couple ended without
charges, but the former gover-
nor and first lady remain under
investigation by the Oregon
Ethics Commission.
The Capital Bureau is a
collaboration between EO
Media Group and Pamplin
Media Group.
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