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MAY 18, 2016 Portland and Seattle Volume XXXVIII No. 33 25 CENTS News ...............................3,8-11 A & E .....................................6-7 Opinion ...................................2 World News Briefs .........11 Calendars ........................... 4-5 Bids/Classifieds ....................11 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW AP PHOTO/STEVE DYKES VOTES ARE IN Democratic candidate for Oregon's Secretary of State Brad Avakian greets supporter Linda Campbell at a gathering at the Waypost on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, in Portland, Ore. Oregon Election Results The Skanner Staff PRESIDENT DEM PRESIDENT GOP 933 of 1,000 precincts - 93 percent Donald Trump 240,804 - 67 percent Ted Cruz 61,590 - 17 percent John Kasich 59,096 - 16 percent GOVERNOR DEM AP PHOTO/DON RYAN, FILE 955 of 1,000 precincts - 96 percent Bernie Sanders 320,746 - 56 percent Hillary Clinton 251,739 - 44 percent 928 of 1,000 precincts - 93 percent Kate Brown (i) 452,320 - 85 percent Julian Bell 38,487 - 7 percent Dave Stauffer 14,992 - 3 percent Steve Johnson 12,474 - 2 percent Kevin Forsythe 9,442 - 2 percent Chet Chance 5,163 - 1 percent In this Nov. 3, 2014, file photo, Diego Valencia processes Oregon ballots at Multnomah County election headquarters in Portland, Ore. An unprecedented number of Oregon voters have changed their registrations to Republican or Democrat this year, meaning they’re now eligible to vote in the upcoming May 17 primary. Experts say it’s likely foretelling of a record-breaking voter turnout, especially if the Bernie Sanders campaign keeps its momentum. GOVERNOR GOP Most in a straw poll of last-minute voters favored Vermont senator AP PHOTO/PAUL SANCYA See RESULTS on page 3 Automakers are reinventing themselves as “mobility” companies accommodating the different ways people get around. Ford created a technology- focused division to invest in transportation startups. It also launched FordPass, an app that helps users find parking or share their cars. Detroit Goes Mobile Automakers compete with ZipCar, Uber page 9 West Point Photo Controversy page 8 By Arashi Young Of The Skanner News A steady stream of cars drove southbound on SE 11th Avenue Tuesday to drop off their ballots for the May primary election before the 8 p.m. deadline. On the sidewalk outside the Multnomah County Elections Office, people walked, biked and took the bus to get last-minute bal- lots. The results of the pri- mary election determine Oregon’s choice for the Democratic presiden- tial nominee, choosing between the current front-runner Hillary Clin- ton and the progressive underdog Bernie Sanders — along with party nomi- nations for the state guber- natorial race. Sanders ended up win- ning 54.3 percent of the vote in Oregon to Clinton’s 48.3 percent, where 65 per- cent of the state’s Republi- can voters cast their votes for presumed nominee Donald Trump. See more results on this page. The Skanner News visit- ed the election drop site to ask voters why they were voting and what issues were the most important to them. An overwhelming num- ber of voters said they came out to vote for Bernie Sanders. Musician Stevie Pohlman of the band Mope Grooves said that he vot- ed “because I want Bernie Sanders to win.” Another Sanders sup- porter said he was worried that Sanders was going to be discounted before the people in the state of Ore- gon were able to give him a chance. “I am hoping that if he wins Oregon, we can push him through,” he said. A few voters for Sanders said that he had inspired them to become more en- gaged. Vanessa Kinyon pushed a stroller with her infant daughter up to the elections office. She said health care was her most important issue after she had health complications during her last pregnancy. Kinyon said she had to jug- gle three different health insurance providers and pay three different deduct- ibles to receive treatment. Kinyon was so inspired by Bernie Sanders’ prom- See VOTERS on page 3 Sanders Wins Oregon, Battles Clinton in Ky.; Trump Wins Ore. Kentucky primary considered too close to call Ken Thomas, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders won Oregon’s presidential primary and battled Hillary Clinton to a razor-thin margin in Kentucky, vowing to stay in the race until the end as Clinton aimed to blunt his mo- mentum and prepare for a fall cam- paign against Republican Donald Trump. Tuesday’s primary in Kentucky was too close to call with Clinton leading Sanders by less than one-half of 1 percent. Closing in on the Demo- cratic nomination, Clinton declared victory in Kentucky nonetheless, telling her supporters on Twitter: “We’re always stronger united.” Trump won the GOP’s Oregon pri- mary, the only Republican contest on Tuesday. In a sign of his pivot into the See PRIMARY on page 3 AP PHOTO/ANDREW HARNIK 921 of 1,000 precincts - 92 percent Bud Pierce 162,106 - 48 percent Allen Alley 98,582 - 29 percent Bruce Cuff 39,368 - 12 percent Portland Voters Come Out for Bernie Sanders Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, center, accompanied by Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, right, speaks at a get out the vote event at James E. Bruce Convention Center in Hopkinsville, Ky., Monday, May 16, 2016.
