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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016 141st Year, No. 17 ELECTION RESULTS* U.S. President • Donald J. Trump (R) - 48% • Hillary Clinton (D) - 47% • Gary Johnson (L) - 3% U.S. Senator • Ron Wyden (D) - 57% • Mark Callahan (R) 33% U.S. Representative • Greg Walden (R) - 72% • Jim Crary (D) - 27% Oregon Governor • Kate Brown (D) - 50% • Bud Pierce (R) - 43% • James Foster (L) - 2% Oregon Secretary of State • Dennis Richardson (R) - 47% • Brad Avakian (D) - 43% Oregon State Treasurer • Tobias Read (D) - 44% • Jeff Gudman (R) - 41% Oregon Attorney General • Ellen Rosenblum (D) - 55% • Daniel Crowe (R) - 41% Senate District 29 • Bill Hansell (R) - 80% • Barbara Dickerson (I) - 19% Umatilla County Sheriff • Terry Rowan - 55.6% • Ryan Lehnert - 44.4% Hermiston City Council • Doug Primmer - 22.7% • Rod Hardin - 22.2% • John Kirwan - 18.6% • Manuel Gutierrez - 18.4% • Mark Gomolski - 18% Umatilla City Council • Mike Roxbury - 57.5% • Cheryl Vermillion - 42.5% Pendleton Rec. Marijuana • Approved - 55% • Banned - 45% Pendleton Med. Marijuana • Approved - 60.6% • Banned - 39.4% Pendleton Marijuana Tax • Yes - 84% • No - 16% Hermiston Marijuana • Banned - 55.3% • Approved - 44.6% Milton-Freewater Marijuana • Banned - 52.8% • Approved - 47.2% M-F Marijuana Tax • Yes - 82.5% • No - 17.5% Umatilla School Bond • Yes - 53.6% • No - 46.4% Pilot Rock Fire District Tax • Yes - 68.6% • No - 31.3% Irrigon Fire District Tax • Yes - 56% • No - 43% E. Umatilla Co. Health Dist. • Dissolve - 62.6% • Don’t dissolve - 37.4% E. Umatilla Ambulance Dist. • Create - 61.6% • Don’t create - 38.4% W. UmCo Mosquito Tax • Yes - 49.4% • No - 50.6% Measure 94 • Yes - 62% • No - 37% Measure 95 • Yes - 70% • No - 29% Measure 96 • Yes - 83% • No - 16% Measure 97 • No - 58% • Yes - 41% Measure 98 • Yes - 65% • No - 34% Measure 99 • Yes - 65% • No - 34% Measure 100 • Yes - 70% • No - 29% One dollar WINNER OF THE 2016 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Hillary Clinton Donald J. Trump 47.2% • 218 electoral votes 48% • 279 electoral votes VOTERS TO TRUMP: YOU’RE HIRED Billionaire celebrity businessman wins tight contest; Clinton concedes to end bizarre campaign season For national election results, see Page 8-9A Pendleton ends pot shop ban, adds tax Hermiston, Milton-Freewater keep local bans on sales By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian More than a year ago, marijuana sales were within a vote of being permanently banned in Pendleton. But according to early returns from Tuesday’s elections, a much larger group of Pendleton residents voted to legalize both medical and recreational marijuana sales in Pendleton. Asked three questions about whether to repeal sales of medical and recreational marijuana and institute a local 3 percent tax in the city, each passed by a signifi cant margin. If the results hold up, Pendleton will become the fi rst city in Umatilla County to legalize marijuana sales, joining only a handful of Eastern Oregon cities in the process. Hermiston and Milton-Freewater had a chance to join them, but the electorate in both cities voted to retain their bans. Pendleton’s decision to overturn the ban completed a complete reversal of fortunes for an issue that began See MARIJUANA/10A Donald Trump waves to the audience exiting a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., Tuesday. Voters kick corporate sales tax By PARIS ACHEN and GEORGE PLAVEN Capital Bureau AP Photo/Paul Sancya PORTLAND — After voters defeated Measure 97 Tuesday, the battle over increasing taxes on corporations is likely to rage on in the Oregon Legislature in 2017. Lawmakers plan to propose a more “reasonable” tax revenue proposal next session to offset a $1.4 billion revenue shortfall in the 2017-18 budget, said Sen. Mark Hass, D-Bea- verton. “I think policy will be developed by lawmakers and interested parties at the next session,” said Rebecca Tweed, Defeat the Tax on Oregon Sales campaign coordinator. “Our coalition came together for the purpose of defeating this $6 billion tax on sales, and we’re thankful we were able to do that.” See TAX/10A Rowan re-elected as Umatilla County sheriff By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian *Unoffi cial results as of 11 p.m. Terry Rowan held on to his seat as Umatilla County sheriff for a second term, according to early unoffi cial election results. Rowan defeated challenger Ryan Lehnert 56 percent to 42 percent. The fuel for the win, Rowan said, came from the “unprecedented advancement of the sheriff’s offi ce.” Rowan campaigned on those achievements, including holding more offenders in the county jail and using municipal contracts for law enforcement services to increase the number of deputies. “For the last 23 years, we’ve had the same number of patrol deputies,” he said Tuesday night. “Today we have double that. That’s still not enough. That’s going to be a focus.” Rowan also cultivated a positive relationship with Staff photo by E.J. Harris EO fi le photo Umatilla County Sheriff Terry Rowan Umatilla County Sheriff candidate Ryan Lehnert hugs his fi ancée, Jen addresses a gathering of city fi re and Wilson, while waiting for results at an election night party Tuesday in Pendleton. police chiefs in May in Hermiston. the county board of commis- sioners, which has been favor- able to his department. And he said he would continue to foster the relationships the sheriff’s offi ce has with its city and community partners. Yet Rowan weathered criticism in his campaign to victory. The sheriff’s offi ce bungled rolling out its plan to have some cities, fi re and ambulance taxing districts pay their share of the coun- ty’s radio dispatch services. The county and its partners haggled for months before See SHERIFF/10A
