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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
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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks via AP
This undated photo provided by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks shows two
caribou in northwest Montana.
Mountain caribou in lower 48
states being sent to Canada
SPOKANE, Wash. (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. He died of his injuries that
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