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Newspaper Page TextA8 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2020 Candidates: Election on May 19 Continued from Page A1 Democrats outnumber Republicans in state House District 32 and have held the seat since 2002. But Republi- cans, buoyed by a rural back- lash against proposed climate change legislation, are facing one of their best opportunities to take the seat. Debbie Boothe-Schmidt, a trial assistant for Clatsop County and a board mem- ber with the Sunset Empire Transportation District, is running in the Democratic primary in May against George Kiepke, a former county commissioner. In the Republican primary, Tillamook Mayor Suzanne Weber is facing off against Vineeta Lower, an online educator who lost a close election in 2018 to Mitchell. Boothe-Schmidt and Weber have emerged as favorites, gathering almost all fundraising so far. Weber, a retired educator , amassed more than $40,000 in dona- tions as of Monday from the regional business community to Lower’s $3,000. Boothe- Schmidt has raised more than $24,000, while Kiepke has recorded no contributions. aim at the Student Success Act, which was ﬁ nanced by a corporate activity tax to sup- port educational reforms she believes need to be voided. Weber has gathered almost all major donations from the regional business commu- nity, including $5,000 from a political action committee for Oregon real estate agents ; $3,000 from Hampton Lum- ber; and $1,500 each from the #TimberUnity PAC, the North Coast First PAC and Koch Industries. Koch is the owner of the Georgia-Paciﬁ c Wauna Mill, which would have faced emissions regula- tion under the proposed cap- and-trade bill . “Vineeta Lower is a lovely lady,” Weber said of her opponent by phone last week. “I think that I am more elect- able because I have more experience in public ofﬁ ce.” Lower said Mitchell has turned her back on North Coast constituents. “I want to really work on addressing this … tax exhaus- tion that we have recently seen implemented,” she said at the recent teleconference. Lower pointed to state fees for paddleboarding and canoeing as inappropriate, as well as protecting vulnerable populations on ﬁ xed incomes from property tax increases and addressing the high cost of medication. Tiny H Tiny Republicans Weber estimates she has reached around 120,000 peo- ple, mostly through Face- book videos. During a recent Zoom teleconference for can- didates organized by Repub- licans, she said the North Coast needs better represen- tation than Mitchell, who has taken heat over her sup- port for cap and trade to help combat climate change and a corporate activity tax to pro- vide more funding for public schools. “It’s my hope to bring common sense back to the Legislature and back to Salem in the form of what we and the North Oregon Coast believe,” Weber said. Weber said defeating cap- and-trade legislation is her top priority. She also took care,” she said. “I can take my experience working with the union, and hopefully take that to Salem and beneﬁ t the whole district, not just the union local.” She has so far raised more than $17,000 from her union and $1,000 from the Ser- vice Employees International Union, which helped propel Mitchell to victory in 2018. It’s been challenging to get her name out amid gov- ernment restrictions over the coronavirus, Boothe-Schmidt said. She’s so far focused on phone- and text-banking, with ﬂ yers coming out soon. Kiepke said he’s been doing online forums and interviews with unions, R eal- tors and other interest groups. He said the ﬁ rst priority is getting the economy back on track, in part by getting Dem- ocrats and Republicans to work together in the Legisla- ture. The last two legislative sessions have been stymied by Republican walkouts over cap-and-trade legislation. State legislators “have got to be able to improve relation- ships where we can sit down at the table and talk about things and come up with a consensus, and not have this supermajority crammed down your throat,” he said of Democratic advantages in the state House and Senate. Aside from teleconfer- ences, the election has not featured the usual pub- lic forums where candi- dates stake their positions. The American Association of University Women can- celed a forum planned for last week. Liz Bartell, president of the association, said the group is unsure whether there will be a future forum virtu- ally or in person. Andy Davis, the chairman of the Clatsop County Dem- ocratic Central Committee, said the party has been invit- ing candidates for all ofﬁ ces to speak at its monthly meet- ings. The party has discussed a possible candidate forum, he said. Democrats Boothe-Schmidt announced her candidacy the same day Mitchell publicly revealed she wasn’t running for reelection . Kiepke, a for- mer Clatsop County commis- sioner, also ﬁ led at the last minute for the Democratic primary. 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