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tion with almost 13 percent of the vote, or
34,227 votes cast, pulling ahead of Rick
Santorum, who drew 9.39 percent, or more
than 25,000 votes statewide.
In the U.S. Congress 1st District, Democ-
rat Suzanne Bonamici squares off against
Republican challenger Delinda Morgan; in
the 2nd District – the largest in the state and
Councilor 5th District; Bob Stacey won
nearly 85 percent for Metro Councilor Sixth
District; Ellen Rosenblum defeated Dwight
Holton in the Oregon Attorney General’s
race by more than 2 to 1; and Secretary of
State Kate Brown won more than 90 percent
of the vote against Republican challenger
Knute Beuhler.
More Statewide Results
As of noon Wednesday, the Oregon Sec-
retary of State reported that Barack Obama
won the Democratic nomination for presi-
dent, while Republican Mitt Romney won
the nod to challenge him in November; Ron
Paul ran second for the Republican nomina-
Charlie Hales at his campaign party
Ellen Rosenblum and staff
One of the most remarkable facts about last
night’s primaries, revealed by waves of election
returns from county elections bureaus and the
Secretary of State’s office, is how few registered
Republicans remain in Oregon
one of the largest Congressional District in
the country — Democrat Joyce Segers now
faces Republican incumbent Rep. Greg
Walden; in the 3rd District, incumbent Rep.
Earl Blumenauer is in the runoff against
Republican Ronald Green; for the 4th Dis-
trict, incumbent Rep. Peter DeFazio is up
against Republican Art Robinson.
One of the most remarkable facts about
last night’s primaries, revealed by waves of
election returns from county elections
bureaus and the Secretary of State’s office,
is how few registered Republicans remain
in Oregon.
In Multnomah County, which has the
highest overall population in the state, there
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overwhelmingly victorious, with 63.92 per-
cent of the vote versus 36.08 percent
against.
Five races at least were decided outright
on Tuesday night: Steve Novick took Port-
land City Council Position #4 with almost
75 percent of the vote; Sam Chase pulled
down almost 60 percent to take Metro
Joe Smith and Teressa Raiford
Eileen Brady at the PPS protest
are just 69,368, compared to 115,516 “non-
affiliated” voters and 222,427 registered
Democrats.
Statewide, there are 671,328 registered
Republicans; 551,732 “nonpartisan” voters
(which the Secretary of State defines as
“nonaffiliated, minor parties and others”);
and 830,510 registered Democrats.
“Republican vote totals for SoS (Secre-
tary of State), AG (Attorney General) and
Treasurer include nonaffiliated voters who
chose to vote these republican contests at
the invitation of the Republican Party,”
according to the Secretary of State’s elec-
tions web page.
supervision and more
substance abuse and mental health treat-
ment.”
The poll also looked at whether judges
should have more discretion in sentencing
and whether the parole board should be able
to keep high risk offenders longer, while
releasing low-risk offenders earlier.
expressing support for continuing work
begun by the Commission on Public Safety.
“Relying on incarceration alone is unsus-
tainable. Oregon needs to make the most of
all the tools available to us,” said Senator
Jackie Winters (R-Salem).
“Keeping the public safe will always
remain our number 1 priority, but we must
create a more efficient system — one that
keeps our communities safe, saves taxpay-
ers’ money and provides better outcomes.”
“Oregon has been in the forefront of crim-
inal justice policy matters for many years
and done a lot of things right that other
states are only now discovering,” said Ore-
gon Supreme Court Justice Paul J. De
Muniz. “This does not permit us to be com-
placent, or reluctant to pursue better results
from our public safety investment utilizing
proven cost effective methods to hold
offenders accountable, reduce victimiza-
tion, and control crime.”
Justice
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people – including crime victims groups—
and come up with policy solutions for 2013.
The poll shows that Oregonians now sup-
port reforms that cut corrections costs, and
potentially, prison time, if they can also be
shown to improve outcomes.
Close to 90 percent of voters polled
agreed with the statement:
“Prisons are a government spending pro-
gram, and just like any other government
spending program they need to be put to the
cost-benefit test to make sure taxpayers are
getting the best bang for the buck.”
And 87 percent agreed that:
“It does not matter whether an offender is
in prison for 10 or 15 or 21 months. What
really matters is that the system does a bet-
ter job of making sure that when an offend-
er does get out, he is less likely to commit
another crime.”
The poll lists differences in responses
from voters by political affiliation and by
whether their households are affiliated with
law enforcement or with victims of violent
or nonviolent crimes. Across all groups,
there was widespread support for increasing
community supervision of offenders when
they are released even if that means shorter
sentences.
For example, 82 percent of all voters and
83 percent of victims of violent crime
‘The state is on an unsustainable path of
corrections growth that will limit funding
available for proven crime-prevention,
reformation and re-entry strategies
agreed with the statement:
“I would support shorter prison sentences
for offenders if that permitted the state to
pay for a stronger
probation and parole system, including
swifter penalties for breaking the rules of
Legislators on both sides of the aisle say
reform is needed to cut costs. Last February,
Senate President Peter Courtney (D-Salem),
Co-Speaker Bruce Hanna (R-Roseburg) and
Co-Speaker Arnie Roblan (D-Coos Bay)
wrote a letter to Governor Kitzhaber
ball coach at his alma mater Grant High
School.
“This is something I’ve dreamed about for
the last 10 years, coming back to Grant as
head coach,” he says. “It was real-
ly difficult to leave De La Salle. I
told my players there, ‘When you
find what you love you’ve got to
give it everything you’ve got to
accomplish what’s in your heart. I
hope they find that.”
Kelly says his experience up to
now has prepared him for this new
challenge. He spent eight years coaching at
Jeff before finally getting his own program
at De La Salle. There, he took his freshman
team to the playoffs in its first year.
Now Kelly will be on the opposing bench
from many of the young players he has
coached at Jefferson.
Kelly also started a nonprofit athletic
mentoring program, ‘Tha Family Inc.’
“We mentor young athletes in terms of
Memorial
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Ten teams competed in the Walter Dines
Memorial League this year, bringing togeth-
er athletes from De La Salle North Catholic
High School, Roosevelt High School,
Reynolds Learning Academy and club
teams in fierce competition. The playoffs
and finals will be held 6:30 p.m. May 10
and May 17 at University Park Community
Center.
“The second year has been a great experi-
ence,” Kelly says. “I think we’ve honored
Walter in a way that would make him proud.
The level of competition and the participa-
tion of the players and the parents has made
for exciting games.”
The league’s success is just one reason
why Kelly feels on top of the world. After
more than 15 years of coaching, he has
finally landed his dream job –head basket-
have now graduated from college.
“Six are now playing professional basket-
ball overseas,’ he says. “The rest are giving
back to the community: some are in the pri-
vate sector and others are
working with at-risk youth.
Now they are the mentors.”
Kelly also credits some of
the standout players he’s
worked and played with over
Paul Kelly the years.
“I’ve learned from the best
basketball minds in Port-
land,” he says. “Vedi Simington, Marshall
Haskins, Bobby Harris, Troy Berry, Robert
key, Howard Avery and Canaan Chapman:
I’ve learned a lot from all of those young
men and I hope to make them proud.”
‘This is something I’ve dreamed
about for the last 10 years’
--Coach
training them and guiding them for
careers,” he said, “The mission of Tha Fam-
ily is to help young men use athletics as a
tool to gain a college education.”
The original 15 athletes mentored in the
program all earned athletic scholarships and
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