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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Wednesday, July 25, 2018 Democrats say Knute Buehler is ineligible for his House seat Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian via AP Republican gubernatorial candidate Knute Buehler gathered with supporters in Wilsonville on May 15. Buehler, a doctor and state representative from Bend (or is it Tualatin?), will face Kate Brown in November. the term of office of the per- son as a Senator or Repre- sentative is not an inhabitant of the district from which the Senator or Representa- tive may be chosen or which the Senator or Representa- tive has been appointed to represent.” Atkins said the constitu- ents of the district no longer had someone to represent them, and that the Demo- cratic Party of Oregon wants the Secretary of State, which houses the state elections division, to investigate. “Bottom line, political ambition has trumped his commitment to his current constituents,” Atkins said. The Secretary of State’s Office is processing the complaint, according to the secretary’s Chief of Staff Deb Royal. The Buehler campaign says the Republican nom- inee has an apartment in Tualatin, but says his pri- mary residence remains in Bend and that’s where his wife, Patty, spends most of her time. It is also where the Bue- hlers are registered to vote, their cars are registered and where they pay property taxes, the campaign says. They say the Tualatin residence is a place for Bue- hler to “sleep, shower and snack while he is campaign- ing vigorously nearly every week in the Portland-area and Willamette Valley.” Asked how many days per week or month Buehler spends in Tualatin instead of Bend, spokeswoman Mon- ica Wroblewski said “he spends as much time as he can in Bend.” “We were just there all last week,” Wroblewski wrote in an email to the EO/ Pamplin Capital Bureau. “Bend is his home.” Buehler unveiled his health care plan during a press conference in Bend on Wednesday, July 18 and attended the convention of the Oregon Newspaper Pub- lishers’ Association on Fri- day, July 20. Advocating for the state’s rural communities and industries is a key part of his platform, Buehler said at the ONPA event last week. Asked why, then, his campaign headquarters are in the Portland suburbs, Wroblewski said it allows the campaign to have a pres- ence both east and west of the Cascades. “The location for the 211 S.E. 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Connie Clarstrom, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Medford, said not to expect the conditions to get better anytime soon. She said southern Ore- gon will likely face tri- ple digit temperatures and unhealthy to hazardous air all week. “As long as we’re sur- Burns 95/53 Caldwell 101/63 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 71 95 96 65 95 92 96 96 102 97 94 94 92 104 62 66 102 101 98 95 99 97 93 92 94 99 99 Lo 55 50 56 51 53 53 55 64 65 60 54 54 50 67 51 53 67 59 64 63 52 60 64 49 60 69 62 W pc s s pc s s s s s s s s s s pc pc s s s s s s s s s s s Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 75 81 71 65 55 62 69 68 78 49 76 W t t s pc pc c t s pc s c Lo 56 51 54 53 51 54 50 65 68 61 53 53 50 63 52 54 67 60 65 61 50 56 65 50 59 69 65 W pc s s pc s s s s s s s s s s s pc s s s s s s s s s s s Thu. Hi 91 88 88 91 77 81 95 89 91 66 85 Lo 75 81 68 66 56 66 70 70 79 47 75 W s t s pc pc pc t s pc c pc WINDS Medford 104/67 (in mph) Klamath Falls 94/54 Boardman Pendleton REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Times of clouds and sun today; pleasant across the north. Eastern Washington: Mostly sunny today. Clear tonight. Mostly sunny tomorrow. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny and hot today. A moonlit sky tonight. Plenty of sunshine tomorrow. Western Washington: Plenty of sunshine today, but some clouds at the coast. Cascades: Very warm today with abundant sunshine. Clear tonight. Plenty of sun tomorrow. Northern California: Partly sunny at the coast today; hot in central parts. Sunny elsewhere. Today Thursday W 4-8 WNW 6-12 WSW 4-8 W 6-12 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 2 4 8 8 4 PORTLAND (AP) — The U.S. Geological Sur- vey recorded a series of earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon. The Tuesday morning quakes were about 125 miles west of Gold Beach, and occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles. They ranged in magnitude from 3.2 to 5.6. There have been no reports of injuries or damage. Experts have said for years that Oregon and the Pacific Northwest are due for a major earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 or higher. Smaller quakes, like those on Tuesday, are fairly common. 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The errant shots came as the Arizona rancher emerged from his pickup when authorities arrested leaders of the takeover on Jan. 26, 2016. Oregon State Police fatally shot Finicum sec- onds later. The agent, W. Joseph Astarita, pleaded not guilty to felony charges of mak- ing a false statement and obstruction of justice. Defense lawyer David Angeli says his client didn’t fire, and the gov- ernment’s case is based on weak circumstantial evidence. Jury selection began Tuesday afternoon. The trial is expected to last sev- eral weeks. The occupiers seized the refuge to protest the imprisonment of two Ore- gon ranchers who set fires. President Trump recently pardoned those men. The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — Jury selection begins in trial of FBI agent accused of lies campaign headquarters was chosen so that we would have a presence on the east and west sides of the state,” Wroblewski said. “As the campaign progresses, we will have a presence throughout the state and in multiple locations.” Oregon has a “citi- zen legislature” that meets for roughly five months in odd-numbered years and for a month in even-numbered years. State lawmakers from further-flung parts of the state often rent apartments in Salem during the session. But Article IV, Section 8 also states that a “person does not lose status as an inhabitant of a district if the person is absent from the district for purposes of business of the Legislative Assembly.” “This is different, because Buehler has said, on more than one occasion, that he has moved to Tuala- tin,” a spokeswoman for the DPO, Molly Woon, wrote in an email Tuesday. “Not temporarily and not to ful- fill his legislative duties. He’s actually left his dis- trict and moved to Tualatin. This leaves the constituents of HD 54 without represen- tation, even though Buehler continues to receive a state paycheck.” Asked to respond Tues- day to potential criticism that this could be perceived as an “election-year stunt,” Atkins again referred to the constitution. “I would ask you to read very clearly the state Con- stitution,” Atkins said. “And we have asked the Secretary of State to examine whether or not his residency has been maintained, as required by the state Constitution. That’s the bottom line here.” By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau PORTLAND — The Democratic of Party of Ore- gon is claiming that the GOP nominee for governor no longer lives in the district he represents in the Oregon House, in what they argue is a violation of the state’s Constitution. State Rep. Knute Bue- hler, an orthopedic surgeon, was elected to represent House District 54, which spans the core area of Bend, in 2014. He won the GOP nomination in May and is facing incumbent Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, in the November general election. The Democratic Party alleges Buehler has moved to Tualatin and is no longer eligible to serve as a state representative for the Bend area. The Buehler campaign dismissed the allegations as “a nonsense, desperate attack from a campaign that cannot defend Kate Brown’s record of failed leadership.” The Democratic Party of Oregon points to two press interviews with Buehler — one with a sports reporter at The Portland Tribune and another with Mark Mason of 1190 KEX in Portland — as evidence that Buehler has moved to Tualatin. In the interview with Mason, Buehler confirms Mason’s sign-off description of the candidate as “Knute Buehler, of Tualatin now.” Then Buehler responds, “Of Tualatin now, yeah, just down the street.” Mason then says, “No longer Bend.” And Buehler says “Yeah, and soon to be resi- dent of Salem.” “The evidence for this is in his own words,” said DPO chair Jeanne Atkins. Atkins pointed to Article IV, Section 8 of the state’s Constitution, which states that “A person may not be a Senator or Representative if the person at all times during BRIEFLY 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: Flooding downpours are in store for the East and will expand into the Northeast today. Storms will extend from the Upper Midwest to the central Plains and into the Rockies. The West will stay hot. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 122° in Thermal, Calif. Low 36° in Bodie State Park, Calif. 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