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PRIMARY ELECTION COVERAGE East Oregonian Page 2A Wednesday, May 16, 2018 OREGON GOVERNOR U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 2 McLeod-Skinner GOP’s Buehler earns race with Brown to take on Walden By JEFF MAPES Oregon Public Broadcasting Democrat Jaime McLeod-Skinner tri- umphed over six rivals to win the party’s nomination to take on GOP Rep. Greg Walden in Oregon’s vast — and conservative — Sec- ond Congressional District. Walden, a Republi- can from Hood River, eas- ily won his GOP primary contest against two others. The congressman chairs the House Energy & Com- merce Committee and has handily been re-elected ever since he first won Ore- gon’s Second Congressio- nal District in 1998. The district, which cov- ers all of Eastern Oregon and a chunk of southern Oregon, is by far the most conservative of the state’s five congressional districts. In years past, Democratic strategists have generally conceded the district. The party’s nomination could often be had for the asking. Not this year. Large and angry crowds besieged Walden at a series of town halls he held around his district in the spring. They criticized him for helping write a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Activists began regu- larly protesting at Walden’s district offices. And no fewer than seven Demo- crats signed up to run for his seat. McLeod-Skinner was one of the first to get in the race and said she has logged more than 30,000 miles traversing the dis- trict, which is larger than any state east of the Mis- sissippi River. She’s had a varied career, working overseas on reconstruc- tion in war-torn Bosnia and as a planner in California, where she served on the Santa Clara City Council. Back in Oregon, McLeod-Skinner was the Phoenix city manager for just four months before being fired in 2017. She blamed it on a dysfunc- tional city council. Physician Jenni Neahring came in behind McLeod-Skinner, while Jim Crary — a retired law- yer who has challenged Walden before and lost in 2016 — came in third. The other candidates were: retired Chrysler exec- utive Tim White, teacher Raz Mason, retired mari- time official Eric Burnette and stonemason Michael Byrne. The seven held a series of joint candidate forums around the district. They focused their criticism on Walden and spoke posi- tively of each other. The district is still con- sidered safely Republican by national handicappers. The Democratic Congres- sional Campaign Commit- tee has released an ambi- tious list of 101 Republican seats it is targeting. Ore- gon’s Second Congressio- nal seat is not among them. But Democrats are hop- ing they can give Walden a tougher race this time. The Oregon Democratic Party has set up a website — titled “repeal Walden” — to collect contributions for the primary victor. “The political winds are shifting and Republi- cans like Greg Walden will face serious challenges to their re-election in Novem- ber,” said state Democratic chairwoman Jeanne Atkins in announcing the website. SALEM — A prominent Republican in the Oregon Legislature beat two main rivals in the party’s guber- natorial primary on Tuesday, setting up a November show- down against Democratic Gov. Kate Brown, who hand- ily won her party’s primary. State Rep. Knute Buehler, who emerged the GOP win- ner with a strong lead, was the most centrist of the Republi- can front-runners. The con- test was the most-watched in this predominantly Dem- ocratic state, widely seen as a referendum on which candidates are appealing to Republicans. In an interview, Buehler said he planned to challenge Brown on public school improvements and affordable housing. “It sets the stage for a wonderful general election,” Buehler said. Buehler told support- ers at a rally in Wilsonville, south of Portland: “I will suc- ceed where Kate Brown has failed.” In U.S. House District 4, incumbent Rep. Peter DeFazio won the Demo- 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays EUGENE — Former state legislator and Dem- ocratic caucus leader Val Hoyle appeared to clinch the contest for labor commis- sioner Tuesday evening with 51.66 percent of the votes shortly after 10 p.m. Tues- day, May 15. Hoyle’s main challenger was Lou Ogden, the long- time mayor of Tualatin, a REGIONAL CITIES Forecast Clearing and spotty showers 76° 55° 75° 53° FRIDAY SATURDAY Rather cloudy with showers Warmer with clouds and sun 72° 50° Nice with some sun 78° 54° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 80° 57° 81° 57° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 89° 71° 94° (1924) 51° 47° 32° (1905) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.00" 0.58" 0.58" 6.00" 8.60" 5.69" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH Yesterday Normals Records LOW 92° 73° 97° (1939) 51° 46° 31° (1932) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.00" 0.86" 0.56" 4.91" 6.08" 4.55" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today First Full May 21 May 29 Last June 6 78° 53° 83° 57° Seattle 67/53 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 77° 56° Today SUNDAY PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 71° 51° of 777,774 ballots cast. Ogden made a strong showing by winning 19 counties in Eastern and Southern Oregon, but Hoyle won the nearly two dozen most populous counties in the Willamette Valley and the Interstate 5 corridor. The state’s labor commis- sioner, who serves a four- year term, leads the Bureau of Labor and Industries, which enforces civil rights and labor laws and promotes Spokane Wenatchee 75/53 82/59 Tacoma Moses 68/50 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 82/55 68/51 59/52 67/49 86/55 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 64/51 75/57 Lewiston 81/57 Astoria 74/55 59/52 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 69/54 Pendleton 65/49 The Dalles 81/57 76/55 76/56 La Grande Salem 68/51 67/51 Albany Corvallis 64/50 65/50 John Day 65/50 Ontario Eugene Bend 77/54 64/49 68/43 Caldwell Burns 76/52 65/43 Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Hi 59 69 68 56 65 65 64 73 81 65 61 68 66 67 57 59 77 82 76 69 71 67 75 65 66 75 86 Lo 52 50 43 48 43 49 49 52 57 50 44 51 48 52 50 53 54 56 55 54 41 51 53 47 53 57 55 W pc pc t c pc pc c pc pc pc pc pc pc c c c pc pc pc c c c pc pc c pc pc Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 68 81 63 44 54 57 49 57 65 51 68 W c pc s pc pc c pc pc t pc pc Lo 49 49 40 48 43 48 45 52 57 49 37 50 48 49 47 48 55 56 53 51 37 46 50 46 48 55 57 W c sh sh c sh sh c sh sh sh pc sh sh c c c sh c sh c sh c sh sh c sh c Thu. Hi 76 90 90 62 81 76 66 70 72 68 78 Lo 59 80 68 43 54 59 45 55 64 50 66 W sh pc s s pc c pc pc r s c WINDS Medford 67/52 (in mph) Klamath Falls 61/44 Boardman Pendleton REGIONAL FORECAST 5:23 a.m. 8:21 p.m. 6:41 a.m. 9:56 p.m. New Coastal Oregon: A passing shower today; in the morning in central parts, any time in the south. Eastern and Central Oregon: Partly sunny today with a thunderstorm in the area. Eastern Washington: Partly sunny today with a thunderstorm in spots, but dry in the north. Cascades: Rain and drizzle in central parts today; a thunderstorm in spots elsewhere. June 13 Western Washington: Partly sunny today, but more clouds across the south. Partly cloudy tonight. Northern California: Periods of sun today; a couple of showers and a thunderstorm; however, dry at the coast. Today Thursday WSW 8-16 WSW 7-14 WSW 8-16 WSW 7-14 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. 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Hi 60 67 71 59 68 61 69 73 80 67 69 67 65 76 57 60 74 82 75 70 73 70 68 65 68 75 85 workforce development in the state. “I’m honored that the people of this state had such faith in the message that I had,” Hoyle said, which was that she would stand up for both labor and business. Hoyle’s sup- porters gathered in Eugene Tuesday night at the head- quarters of the Carpenters Local Union 271, cheering when the election returns came in. 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Although he filed to run, he did not file the req- uisite fee and paperwork to be included in the statewide Voters’ Pamphlet. At 10 p.m., the unofficial vote tally showed 469,721 votes counted in the race out By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and postal holidays, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Periodicals postage paid at Pendleton, OR. Postmaster: send address changes to East Oregonian, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. he is open to increased taxes on electronic and regular cig- arettes to pay for budget items like health care, and also to a carbon tax. At one Salem polling place, voters described per- sonal reactions to President Donald Trump and a renewed sense of civic obligation as motivating them to vote. Doug Crook, a Repub- lican, said he felt caught between the stances taken by politicians on both ends of the political spectrum. “I’m stuck,” Crook said, adding that he sympathized with some of the broader goals of the political left, like protecting workers, but that Hoyle holds edge in race for labor commissioner Local home delivery Savings off cover price EZPay $14.50 41 percent 52 weeks $173.67 41 percent 26 weeks $91.86 38 percent 13 weeks $47.77 36 percent *EZ Pay = one-year rate with a monthly credit or debit card/check charge To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ THURSDAY cratic primary to face old rival Art Robinson, a Repub- lican. Robinson was one of the first U.S. politicians to use Cambridge Analytica, the firm that this year became embroiled in the Facebook data scandal, as a consultant in his unsuccessful 2014 run against DeFazio. With partial results announced by the Oregon secretary of state’s office after polls closed at 8 p.m., Bue- hler had more votes than his two main challengers com- bined: Retired Navy pilot Greg Wooldridge and busi- nessman Sam Carpenter. While skeptical of major new spending, Buehler says SUBSCRIPTION RATES www.eastoregonian.com TODAY Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian via AP Republican gubernatorial candidate Knute Buehler gathered with supporters in Wilsonville on Tuesday. Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — he thought many proposals floated by Democrats around the state were too extreme, including rent regulation and gun control. But Crook said he also hesitates over some of the proposals from his own party, including extreme deregula- tion - and that he was put off by hearing some candidates embrace Trump. “I want to see more Repub- lican values supported in this state, but not necessarily for Trump,” Crook said. “I can’t vote for anyone that supports the Trump approach.” Carpenter fully embraced Trump, even adopting a “make Oregon great again” campaign slogan. Buehler repeatedly dis- tanced himself from the president. Wooldridge had sought something of a middle ground, distancing him- self from Trump’s attacks on prominent veterans but say- ing he’s open to some of his ideas. The three also differed on policy, with Buehler giv- ing mixed support to abor- tion and Wooldridge tak- ing an opposite stance. Both Carpenter and Wooldridge opposed a pair of gun-re- lated initiatives. By TOM JAMES AND ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press 2 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Showers and storms will drench areas from the central Plains to the mid-Atlantic and southern Atlantic coasts today. Showers and storms are also in store for the interior West and High Plains. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 106° in Midland, Texas Low 20° in Bodie State Park, Calif. 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