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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Repeat Democrat win in governor’s race seems less sure Brown by just a slim mar- gin, recalling the 2010 elec- tion when Democrat John SALEM — For decades, Kitzhaber squeaked by with a Democrat becoming gov- less than 2 percent of the ernor of Oregon has seemed vote. as certain as the arrival of Jeanne Atkins, chair- woman of the the rains in the Democratic Party capital this time of of Oregon, said year. Democrats she doesn’t put have occupied the much faith in governor’s man- those polls. sion since 1987, “I actively try meaning more not to pay too than a generation much attention to of Oregonians all the back and has never lived Buehler forth that there is under a Republi- around polling,” can governor in Atkins said. this Pacific Northwest state. In the Legislature, Bue- But this election, another hler represents the town win by a Democrat seemed of Bend, which has more less certain. Gov. Kate registered Democrats than Brown faces a challenge Republicans but where he’s from Republican Knute nevertheless managed to be Buehler, a state lawmaker elected twice to the Oregon who describes himself as a House of Representatives. moderate and who has been He’s hoping to replicate wooing the party faithful, that for a win on Tuesday in soft-right Democrats, and a state with 966,397 Dem- ocrats, 703,825 Republi- unaffiliated voters. The Cook Political cans, and 874,822 unaffili- Report, a nonpartisan orga- ated voters. nization that tracks politi- “I know how to get a cal races, labeled the Ore- group of bipartisan support- gon gubernatorial election ers to win,” Buehler said. Notably, he didn’t want a “toss-up.” Public polls show Buehler behind President Donald Trump By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP State Sen. Floyd Prozanski, from left, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, Congressman Pe- ter DeFazio and U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden pose for a group photo with Caesar “The No Drama Llama” during a campaign stop at the University of Oregon in Eugene on Monday. supporting him, saying he wanted to stay away from “divisive national issues.” But the country’s eco- nomic acceleration, fueled by deficit-funded tax cuts, is drawing voters like David Siefarth, of Salem to Buehler. “I wasn’t a supporter of Donald Trump before he got elected. I didn’t vote for him,” Siefarth said as he was walking in down- town Salem. “But since he’s been in office, I think the conservatives are doing some things that are mov- ing the country in the right direction.” Siefarth voted for Bue- hler, feeling he could do more on tackling issues like homelessness. “I think it’s time at least to give the Republican Party in Oregon an oppor- tunity, to see what they can do,” Siefarth said. With Oregon facing an unfunded liability of $22 billion in its pension sys- tem, Buehler says he’d seek cuts in state and local government employees’ pension plan and health benefits. Online campaign ads for Brown have gone after Buehler on that point, fea- turing public employees like teachers and firefight- ers saying Buehler would cut their retirement pay, making it harder to recruit and retain qualified people. A lot more voters are deciding who will be gov- ernor this time around. Due to Oregon’s “motor voter” program, in which people obtaining or renew drivers licenses are auto- matically registered to vote, voter registration rose by 24 percent from 2,068,798 in 2010 to 2,731,048 in 2018. People don’t have to declare party affiliation at the DMV, which has increased the number of unaffiliated vot- ers. It is those unaffiliated voters who might be the decisive factor in the race. Early voter turnout was record high, even though the percent of those voting early roughly equaled the percentage seen in the last midterm elections because of population growth and increased voter registration. Brown said she’s con- fident a large Democratic turnout — and Indepen- dent Party candidate Patrick Starnes dropping out and endorsing her last week — will translate into victory. “I’m excited about the level of enthusiasm on the ground,” Brown said. She rejects Buehler’s characterization of himself. “His track record is not that of a moderate Repub- lican,” Brown said, noting that he opposed legislation that expanded Medicaid coverage to children who are in the United States ille- gally and that he supports repealing Oregon’s sanctu- ary state law. Buehler believes that enough voters are upset with Oregon’s dismal record on education — it’s among the last in the nation in graduation rates — and the pension debt that it will carry him on Tuesday. Democrats have occupied the governor’s mansion since 1987 Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Partial sunshine Partly sunny and chilly Plenty of sunshine Partly sunny Clearing 54° 35° 49° 29° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 52° 30° 54° 40° 51° 34° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 58° 35° 54° 28° 53° 28° 55° 38° OREGON FORECAST 55° 35° 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 55/39 48/34 58/29 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 55/39 Lewiston 55/40 60/35 Astoria 56/40 Pullman Yakima 56/33 54/36 52/35 Portland Hermiston 57/40 The Dalles 58/35 Salem Corvallis 57/33 La Grande Yesterday Normals Records 47/30 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 58/34 50/23 45/29 Ontario 56/27 Caldwell Burns 62° 47° 56° 35° 79° (1934) 13° (2003) 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 57/36 0.00" 0.01" 0.18" 6.46" 7.91" 7.46" WINDS (in mph) 53/27 47/15 0.00" 0.10" 0.19" 8.25" 13.90" 10.18" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 46/27 57/38 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 54/35 59/37 57° 43° 54° 35° 75° (1934) 13° (2003) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 55/37 Aberdeen 46/32 54/34 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 54/44 Today Boardman Pendleton Medford 57/33 Wed. WSW 6-12 WSW 6-12 WSW 3-6 W 4-8 SUN AND MOON Klamath Falls 51/18 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today 6:42 a.m. 4:35 p.m. 5:19 a.m. 4:35 p.m. New First Full Last Nov 7 Nov 15 Nov 22 Nov 29 NATIONAL EXTREMES Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 94° in McAllen, Texas Low 11° in Burns, Ore. NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s -0s 0s showers t-storms 10s rain 20s flurries 30s snow 40s ice 50s cold front — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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(AP) — The six mountain caribou remaining in the lower 48 states will be relocated farther north into Canada, a move that ends decades of efforts to reintroduce the large animals into Idaho and Washing- ton state. The Spokesman Review says biolo- gists hope to breed the few survivors of the South Selkirk herd in captivity north of Revelstoke, British Columbia. “This is what extinction looks like, and it must be a wake-up call for wild- life and habitat managers in both Can- ada and the United States,” said Joe Scott, international programs director for Conservation Northwest. The news “marks the tragic end of an era,” he said. Mountain caribou were listed as an endangered species in the U.S. in 1983. The Kalispel Tribe in Washington state has been involved in a breeding project to try and expand the herd, but the project failed. The South Selkirk herd ranged along the crest of the Selkirk Mountains near the Canada border. About 14 other herds that include an estimated 1,400 moun- tain caribou, wander the tundra farther north of the border. Known as Grey Ghosts because of how rarely they are seen, the South Sel- kirk caribou use their wide feet to stand on top of deep snow and eat lichen that grows high in old-growth forests. Bart George, a wildlife biologist for the Kalispels, hopes the herd can start expanding again in Canada and that car- ibou will spill into the U.S. In 2009, George said, the South Selkirk herd had 46 animals and was increasing every year before wolves entered the region. “That’s been our primary source of mortality that we’ve known about,” George said. Logging roads and increased snow- mobiling also played a role in the demise of the herd. “We really didn’t mobilize until it was too late,” George said. 2-year-old Baker City boy dies after being shot afternoon at a Boise, Idaho, trauma center. The county district attorney’s office identified the boy as Liam Mankins. The agency said his parents, Pete Mankins and Diana Goodman, were home when he was shot. Neither police nor prosecutors have said how the boy was shot. The Baker County Major Crime Team is still investigating the incident. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday. BAKER CITY (AP) — A toddler died Sunday after being shot at his Baker City home, authorities say. Baker City Police said authorities responded to a home on Birch Street about 11:15 a.m. on the report of a 2-year-old boy with a gunshot wound, The Oregonian/Ore- gonLive reports. 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