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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Saturday, November 10, 2018 Women to hold record number of seats in state Legislature aren’t all consensus build- ers and we don’t all have the traits that people always say, that they always use, when they talk about women in elected office,” Williamson said. “I think any time you have diverse voices that hav- en’t been represented before as a part of the conversation, I think it’s going to change the dynamic,” said Repub- lican Christine Drazan, who won a race to replace retir- ing state Rep. Bill Kenne- mer, R-Clackamas. Her pro- fessional experience includes working as chief of staff to a House majority leader and House speaker. “But I don’t think I can predict how.” Nationally, women ran for Congress in unprece- dented numbers in the wake of the 2016 election and the #MeToo movement, which called attention to the perva- siveness of sexual assault and harassment. Compared to other states, Oregon is ahead of the curve when it comes to women’s representation in govern- ment. Women lead the Dem- ocratic caucus in the House and both party caucuses in the Senate. Women hold roles of gov- ernor, chief justice and attor- ney general. Val Hoyle, who By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau SALEM — A record 37 Oregon women will serve as state legislators in 2019. Come January, once new lawmakers are sworn in, women will hold 28 out of 60 seats in the House. Women also picked up one seat in the Senate, bringing their numbers in that cham- ber to nine out of 30. (Women held 10 of those seats in 2008 and 2010, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rut- gers University). House Majority Leader Jennifer Williamson, a Dem- ocrat from Portland, said she thought that six more women in the House could affect what policies the Legislature takes up. “Women just bring differ- ent life experiences than men to the building,” Williamson said. “So we talk about things like child care and health care and paid family leave and issues that disproportionately impact women.” With more women in office, Oregonians will also see greater diversity of lead- ership styles among those women, Williamson said. “I think that’s healthy for our chamber, because we Jaime Valdez/Portland Tribune The 2018 Oregon Legislative Assembly at the Oregon Capitol in Salem. In six state races, women defeated men and bolstered their numbers in the Oregon House and Senate. Winners note that they are focused on is- sues, not gender. won a May election for state labor commissioner, will take over from Brad Avakian in January. Tuesday’s results are, in part, a testament to a con- certed effort by sitting poli- ticians and a candidate train- ing organization to encourage more women to run for the state house. More than a dozen office- holders in Salem have been through training with Emerge Oregon, which recruits and helps Democratic women run for political office. The program saw two bumps in interest in 2016, said Jillian Schoene, its co-executive director. The first was after Hillary Clinton won the Democratic nomination for president. The second was after Clinton lost to Republican Donald Trump. Schoene thinks women have more support now because of organizations like Emerge Oregon, than they did in 1992, the so-called “Year of the Woman.” The year before that, law professor Anita Hill testi- fied before an all-male Sen- ate Judiciary Committee about being sexually harassed by Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. The committee’s treat- Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Partly sunny Mostly sunny and chilly Plenty of sun, but chilly Chilly with sunny intervals Mostly cloudy ment of Hill provoked the ire of women nationwide who felt more female representa- tion was needed in Congress. “The difference between now and 1992 is that I think you will see a sustained level of interest,” said Schoene. Preston Mann, execu- tive director of Promote Ore- gon, the campaign arm of the House Republicans, said Republicans were intent on recruiting a more diverse group of candidates as well. “Despite not having an Emerge-like organization, the 2018 class of House Repub- lican candidates included a record number of women and candidates of color,” Mann wrote in an email. “This was the product of a very inten- tional effort by Representa- tive McLane and the House GOP Leadership team to recruit and encourage a more diverse group of candidates to run for office. On what was an otherwise disappointing night for us, we are very proud to be welcoming four additional women to the Republican caucus.” Voters elected new female representatives from the Port- land suburbs to southern and central Oregon. Drazan, the represen- tative-elect from Clacka- mas, said the fact she was a woman “might have been notable” but she doesn’t think it swayed votes. She faced three men in the Republican primary, and another woman in the general election. By November, no mat- ter whether voters chose the Democrat or Republican, a woman was going to be rep- resenting that part of Clacka- mas County. The fact that Drazan is a woman was acknowledged, but she doesn’t think it played into how people perceived her on the campaign trail. She also was reluctant to ascribe intent to voters. In Bend, Republican can- didate Cheri Helt, a longtime local school board member and restaurant owner, hand- ily won a race to replace state Rep. Knute Buehler. Her priority is improving the state’s education system. “I’m hopeful that I won because I’m a moderate candi- date and change in education is so important that it appeals to both parties, and what we saw is a bipartisan vote for me,” Helt said. “And I’m extremely honored to have earned that in such a polar- ized time, and so I’m looking forward to being a moderate and being a voice for educa- tion in the legislature.” Oregon-based group sues Trump Administration over rule limiting asylum PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 47° 26° 47° 27° 46° 27° By ERICKA CRUZ GUEVARRA Oregon Public Broadcasting 57° 40° 48° 33° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 49° 26° 51° 25° 46° 27° 59° 38° 46° 29° OREGON FORECAST 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 51/35 42/24 53/23 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 46/29 Lewiston 50/31 50/25 Astoria 54/37 Pullman Yakima 49/24 49/31 45/25 Portland Hermiston 53/35 The Dalles 51/25 Salem Corvallis 54/27 Yesterday Normals Records La Grande 45/20 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 54/28 45/19 46/22 Ontario 53/22 Caldwell Burns 46° 22° 54° 34° 71° (1995) 13° (1936) 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 54/29 0.00" 0.01" 0.33" 6.46" 8.03" 7.61" WINDS (in mph) 51/22 46/4 0.00" 0.10" 0.36" 8.25" 14.01" 10.35" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 42/18 54/30 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 47/27 54/29 45° 23° 52° 34° 72° (1989) 19° (1986) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 49/31 Aberdeen 39/23 48/28 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 49/36 Today Medford 57/28 Sun. NNE 3-6 NW 4-8 Boardman Pendleton NE 3-6 NE 4-8 SUN AND MOON Klamath Falls 53/16 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today 6:47 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 9:43 a.m. 6:59 p.m. First Full Last New Nov 15 Nov 22 Nov 29 Dec 6 NATIONAL EXTREMES Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 91° in Immokalee, Fla. Low -15° in Poplar, Mont. A Portland-based legal group that focuses on immigrant rights is suing the Trump administration over a presidential proclamation barring migrants from seek- ing asylum if they cross the southern U.S. border outside of designated entry points. The Innovation Law Lab is one of four plaintiffs attempting to enjoin the presi- dential proclamation, which was signed by President Donald Trump Friday. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Northern California, are seeking a declaration that the new rule violates the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Administrative Procedure Act. Stephen Manning, executive director of Immigration Law Lab, said the proclama- tion will “immediately create a population of detained individuals who are in danger of immediate removal to countries where their lives are under threat.” The Trump administration has instead called on asylum seekers to enter the United States through legal ports of entry. Angelo Guisado, a staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights and an attorney in the case, said that’s virtually impossible. Guisado says potentially thou- sands of asylum-seekers have been turned away at legal ports of entry because of backlogs forcing asylum-seekers to wait in makeshift encampments in border towns. “It’s no wonder why individuals cross ‘unlawfully,’” he said. “It’s an impossible Catch-22 situation.” The plaintiffs — East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Al Otro Lado, Innovation Law Lab, and Central American Resource Cen- ter in Los Angeles — are represented by the ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center and the Center for Constitutional Rights. Guisado said attorneys will move to get the case heard early next week before a judge in San Francisco. “We presume that either way, the court’s ruling will get appealed and will go to the 9th Circuit and duke it out up there,” he said. This is not the first time the Innova- tion Law Lab has challenged the Trump administration in court. In June, the group joined a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Ore- gon arguing attorneys have not been able to meet with 121 immigration detainees who were housed at the federal prison in Sheridan. Correction In a Wednesday, Nov. 7 article, the East Oregonian incorrectly noted the nature of a Hermiston School Board executive session. The board met in executive session to discuss negotiations with a district collective bargaining unit, not, as stated in the article, to discuss the superintendent’s contract. The EO regrets the error. NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY SATURDAY NOV 17 Pendleton Convention Center 9 AM - 4 PM Only $2 Admission! OVER 100 VENDORS! 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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