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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2018 143rd Year, No. 16 ELECTION RESULTS (As of 11 p.m.) Oregon House District 58 WINNER OF THE 2018 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD OREGON GOVERNOR Brown secures second term Barreto Greg Barreto 74.5% Skye Farnam 25% Hermiston city council AP Photo/Steve Dykes Davis Lori Davis 57.1% Mark Gomolski 42.1% Umatilla mayor Daren Dufloth 50.9% Mary Dedrick 47.7% Umatilla city council Mark Keith 45.7% Corinne Funderburk 53.7% Boardman city council (Top 3 win) Marc Rogelstad 13.2% Brenda Profitt 16.4% Jonathan Cornelius 7.9% Michelle Seeley 11.5% Roy Drago Jr. 15% Logan Mayfield 14% Brandon Hammond 21.4% One dollar Gov. Kate Brown makes a heart-shape with her hands as she addresses the crowd after winning re-election in Portland on Tuesday. By TROY BRYNELSON Capital Bureau Kate Brown (D) 49.9% Knute Buehler (R) 42.2% On Tuesday night, Kate Brown ended a record-breaking year for campaign spending and is anticipating what could be her last four years in pub- lic office. The Democrat defeated Republican Knute Buehler, a surgeon and state legis- lator from Bend, in a race that was decided quickly after balloting ended Tues- day night. Her election means a continuing press on envi- ronmental issues and on education. With no elec- tion ahead of her, she faces a term with a firmer hold on the office and less of a need to grasp political advantage. The two spent more than $30 million combined in their bids for Oregon’s top desk, noted especially by major donations to Bue- hler from Nike co-founder Phil Knight. By late Tues- day, elections officials had counted 1.4 million ballots. Brown, from a lectern at the Hilton Portland Down- town, told supporters that voters showed how elec- tions in Oregon aren’t all about who raises the most money. “No one person should be able to buy the gover- nor’s office,” Brown said to cheers. Polls closed at 8 p.m. and, although first results were trickling in soon after, Brown was declared winner by 8:20. Buehler conceded after 8:30, telling support- ers at the Sentinel Hotel in See BROWN/8A UMATILLA COUNTY COMMISSIONER Murdock wins again Incumbent commissioner says this will be his last term Weston city council (Top 2 win) Lois Phillips 39.9% Shawn Monaco 22.6% John L. Mattila 18% Shannon Hoehna 13.7% Heppner mayor Jim Kindle 66.2% Cody High 33.3% Heppner city council David Gunderson 68.4% Sharon Inskeep 31.2% Measure 102 (Housing bonds) Yes 56% No 44% Measure 103 (Grocery tax ban) Yes 42.4% No 57.6% Measure 104 (Budget amendment) Yes 34.4% No 65.6% Measure 105 (Sanctuary repeal) Yes 37.3% No 62.7% Measure 106 (Abortion funding) Yes 35.9% No 64.2% Umatilla County Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance Yes 65% No 35% MORE ELECTION NEWS INSIDE / 2A Staff photo by E.J. Harris Umatilla County Commissioner George Murdock, right, with his wife, Donna, announces that he is ahead in early voting to supporters at an election night party on Tuesday in Pendleton. JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN East Oregonian As of 11 p.m. Tuesday night, George Murdock had a 500-vote lead over chal- lenger Rick Pullen in his bid for another term on the Umatilla County Board of Commissioners. That lead is enough to secure the position after an extended eight month cam- paign for the job between the two candidates. According to the Oregon Secretary of State website, Murdock had 50.8 percent of the vote, or 9,386 votes, to Pullen’s 48 percent, or 8,862. In total, 23,679 bal- lots were submitted in Uma- tilla County, and 16,087 had been counted as of the 8 p.m. update. Murdock held an elec- tion night gathering at Sis- ter’s Cafe in downtown George Murdock 50.8% Rick Pullen 48% Pendleton, with about 70 family members and friends joining him to hear results. Murdock thanked his family for supporting him through his campaign the past nine months, and said he was proud to have led a positive campaign. “That’s been fairly easy, because Umatilla County is in a great place,” he said. “There’s certainly more we need to do, but finan- cially, we’re stable, we have a wonderful staff who care about their jobs and the peo- ple they serve, and we are focusing on the things peo- ple tell us our important.” “In the end it isn’t always about needing more money, but rather about establish- ing priorities and sticking to them.” Still, with the close race as of 8 p.m., Murdock noted that it had been a difficult election year for incumbent commissioners around the state. His fellow commis- sioner Larry Givens was defeated by John Shafer in May and a write-in cam- paign for the incumbent came up well short Tuesday night. See MURDOCK/8A U.S. HOUSE, 2ND DISTRICT Walden’s 11th congressional win is narrowest yet By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian The blue wave that car- ried Democrats to a major- ity in the U.S. House did not roll past the shores of Eastern Oregon. U.S. Rep. Greg Walden won an 11th term Tues- day night in the Oregon 2nd Congressional Dis- trict. Early unofficial results from the Oregon Secretary of State showed Walden taking 56.3 percent of the vote. Challenger Jaime McLeod-Skinner, Dem- ocrat from Terrebonne, pulled in 39.6 percent of the vote. Independent Party candidate Mark Roberts received 3.5 percent. Walden won Mor- Greg Walden (R) 56.5% Jamie McLeod-Skinner (D) 39.4% Mark Roberts (I) 4.1% row County with 70.5 per- cent and Umatilla County with 64.4 percent. But two years ago he won Morrow County with 81.1 percent and Umatilla County with 77.6 percent. The win is Walden’s narrowest margin of vic- tory since his first U.S. House election in 1998. The Republican from Hood River in 10 previous cam- paigns sprinted past chal- lengers, earning an average of 69.9 percent of the vote. Justin Discigil, Walden’s communications director, said the representative was in Medford at a large elec- tion night celebration and not available for a com- ment. The campaign issued a statement thanking voters and promising to “remain committed to getting results for our veterans, farmers, ranchers, small business people and our way of life See WALDEN/8A
