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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Saturday, October 27, 2018 Brown in a tight race with Buehler for governor ernor has not been elected to office in more than 35 years. Democrats have won 29 out of the last 32 state- wide races here, but the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan organization that tracks gubernatorial races, just labeled this elec- tion a “tossup.” “I’m shocked that this is even close. This is a race I thought we weren’t going to need to work on — and it turns out this is the one I’m spending the most time on,” said Ali King, co-founder of a Democratic activist group called Nasty Women Get (Expletive) Done. “I didn’t think it was going to be a battle like this.” Oregonians have had their ballots in hand since last week, making the final push for Brown’s campaign even more critical. Those who follow Ore- gon politics closely point out that Brown’s race with Rep. Knute Buehler isn’t much tighter than previous ones and that outside of the biggest cities and college towns, the state has plenty of GOP voters. But in such a partisan moment nationwide, Dem- ocratic poll-watchers are feeling a sense of urgency about Oregon. A recent nonpartisan sur- By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND — On a warm fall day, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown stood in a public square known as Portland’s living room, surrounded by excited chil- dren on their way back from a field trip to a local courthouse. Brown used the pronoun “she” as she explained what a governor does — until one child reminded her that a boy can be governor too. “Or ‘him,’ yes. Well ... right now, it’s a ‘her,’” Brown said, moving on quickly to the next question. It was an unscripted moment in a closely fought gubernatorial campaign, but it was also a telling one. Brown, an incumbent and one of just two female Democratic governors nationwide, has struggled to create distance between herself and her GOP rival, a state lawmaker who has fashioned himself as a moderate Republican who appeals to independents and centrist Democrats alike with his anti-Trump and pro-choice platform. The tight contest has drawn national attention to this unabashedly blue state where a Republican gov- AP Photo/Don Ryan Oregon Gov. Kate Brown shares an unexpected light moment with a group of schoolchildren after a rally in Portland on Oct. 17. vey put the number of unde- cided voters at 17 percent. Many of those voters are independents or moderate Democrats who could be swayed by Buehler’s GOP lite strategy. Brown said in a recent interview her polling num- bers are consistent with other Oregon gubernatorial races and she’s confident a large Democratic turnout will lead her to victory. For- mer Gov. John Kitzhaber, who resigned in 2015, won re-election by less than 2 percent in 2010. “I’ve been watching these governor’s races for a couple of decades now,” Brown said, adding that “horrible attack ads” over the summer took a toll. “There’s a lot of money being spent to try and defeat me. That money is being spent specifically because I have been successful in leading on a progressive policy agenda.” The eldest of four, Brown trained as a lawyer before being appointed to the Oregon House in 1991, and then staying in state politics for almost 30 years. She was elevated to Ore- gon’s first female Senate Majority Leader before run- ning successfully for Secre- tary of State in 2008. When Gov. John Kitzhaber resigned amid scandal in 2015, she auto- matically filled the top job Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Pleasant with sun and clouds Mostly cloudy with a little rain Partly sunny with a shower Rain and drizzle in the p.m. Rain 61° 50° 60° 44° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 56° 43° 55° 44° 58° 44° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 63° 49° 63° 44° 60° 45° 58° 46° OREGON FORECAST 62° 44° ALMANAC Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Seattle Olympia 57/51 59/47 58/41 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 63/51 Lewiston 59/50 62/50 Astoria 59/50 Pullman Yakima 59/45 55/49 64/51 Portland Hermiston 62/53 The Dalles 63/49 Salem Corvallis 62/47 Yesterday Normals Records La Grande 61/48 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 66/49 65/45 65/51 Ontario 70/46 Caldwell Burns 66° 47° 61° 36° 83° (1955) 19° (2002) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Albany 62/50 Trace 1.14" 0.54" 6.29" 7.80" 7.10" WINDS (in mph) 69/49 66/36 Trace 1.39" 0.86" 7.91" 13.70" 9.80" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 59/47 63/51 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date HERMISTON Enterprise 61/50 60/46 65° 48° 59° 37° 82° (1986) 14° (1911) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 57/49 Aberdeen 55/46 54/42 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 58/50 Today Medford 73/49 Sun. NE 4-8 ENE 4-8 Boardman Pendleton WSW 8-16 WSW 8-16 SUN AND MOON Klamath Falls 68/44 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Last 7:28 a.m. 5:50 p.m. 8:15 p.m. 10:37 a.m. New First Full GRANTS PASS (AP) — A judge has dis- missed a lawsuit by an Oregon county that targeted the state over legalized marijuana. U.S. District Judge Michael McShane signed a formal order dismissing Josephine County’s lawsuit earlier this week, saying a city or county doesn’t have standing to sue a state in federal court, The Daily Courier reported Thursday. The lawsuit was filed in April and con- tended that federal law banning marijuana pre-empts Oregon’s law legalizing marijuana for commercial sales. County legal counsel Wally Hicks says he and the county Board of Commission- ers accept the ruling. He told the newspaper that county leaders have not yet discussed whether to appeal. The lawsuit was the latest battle between Josephine County and the state over pot. After commercial marijuana grows became legal in Oregon in 2016, the county tried ret- roactively to place limits on them by banning pot grows in areas zoned rural residential. Oct 31 Nov 7 Nov 15 Marijuana growers appealed and the state’s Land Use Board of Appeals ulti- mately froze the county’s regulations, saying it hadn’t provided proper notice of its new rule. That set the stage for the federal lawsuit. The judge found that the state hadn’t “sub- stantively” prevented the county from enact- ing its own local rules. The county in southwest Oregon is just miles from the California border, in an excel- lent region for growing marijuana, and has struggled with a boom in marijuana grows since state legalization. The county Board of Commissioners recently unveiled a new attempt at restric- tions on marijuana farming in rural residen- tial zones. The new proposal would allow legal commercial farms to continue but ban new ones. A hearing has been set for Nov. 7 on the latest proposal. To satisfy the notification requirement, the county added flyers to property tax bills that were sent out earlier this month. Rash of cougar sightings in downtown Ashland cause alarm ASHLAND (AP) — A rash of cougar sightings in Ashland is causing alarm, but state wildlife officials say that because the big cats have all been spotted at night and haven’t attacked anyone, it’s not a public safety concern. The Daily Tidings reports Friday that there have been about six cougar sightings in the past week, including by a grocery DANKE Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) Nov 22 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY the erosion of environmen- tal protections under Presi- dent Donald Trump. Brown, who is the only openly bisexual gover- nor, is also pro-choice — a key quality for Democrats because Oregonians are also voting on a ballot mea- sure to ban state funding for abortions. But some feel Brown has fallen short on two other issues that plague Oregon, secondary education and the pension system. The state’s pension system has an unfunded liability of $22 billion, while the state’s graduation rate is third- worst in the nation and stu- dent absenteeism is a big problem. Under Brown, educa- tion funding has increased and graduation rates ticked upward last year, but many voters aren’t able to list Brown’s accomplishments in these areas, said John Horvick, vice president and political director of the non- partisan polling firm DHM Research. “When you talk to insid- ers, they’ll talk a lot about her leadership and her lead- ership style. I don’t hear voters say that about her, directly, but I do hear that there are problems in the state,” Horvick said. Judge tosses Oregon county’s marijuana lawsuit against state NATIONAL EXTREMES High 98° in Thermal, Calif. Low 14° in Bodie State Park, Calif. under Oregon’s constitu- tion. Brown then easily won a special election in 2016, trouncing the Republican candidate by 8 percentage points. As governor, Brown tends to work quietly behind the scenes and is fond of saying she’s GSD — “Get- ting Stuff Done” — rather than engaging in flashy pol- itics. She is skilled at “retail politics” and often accom- plishes her goals without burning bridges, said Chris Shortell, an associate pro- fessor of political science at Portland State University. That style resulted in several victories for Brown, first as secretary of state, and then as governor. In 2015, Brown signed into law Oregon’s so-called “motor voter” law that she helped craft as secretary of state. The law requires the state to register to vote anyone who applies for or renews a driver’s license or ID card and it has boosted the rolls of eligible voters by roughly 15 percent. Brown also worked across the aisle to pass the largest transportation bill in state history, oversaw the expansion of health care coverage (94 percent of Oregonians are insured) and has pushed back against Prost! to all the fun havers who came out and enjoyed Oktoberfest Pendleton. This year we are able to donate over $26,000 back to our community. In four years’ time, the Oktoberfest Pendleton Committee will have given $65,000 back to Pendleton non-profit organizations. It’s all because of you and our wonderful sponsors. DANKE! store, by a library, by a fire station and near a shopping complex. Steve Niemela, district wildlife biologist with Oregon Department of Fish and Wild- life, says all the sightings except one have involved a cougar feeding on a deer at night. 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