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