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Preliminary election votes are cast
Chieftain staﬀ
ENTERPRISE — A
total of 2,554 ballots were
counted Tuesday, May 17,
after the polls closed for
the 2022 Primary Election,
according to a report issued
by county Clerk Sandy
Lathrop.
Lathrop emphasized that
the results are only prelimi-
nary and ﬁ nal results won’t
be known until all ballots
postmarked by midnight
election night are counted.
County clerks’ oﬃ ces have
until May 24 to tally the
vote.
The preliminary results
for Wallowa County showed
645 Democrat ballots cast,
1,547 Republican ballots
cast and 362 nonpartisan
ballots cast.
In the Democratic race
for U.S. senator, incum-
bent Ron Wyden received
555 votes, while challenger
Brent Thompson received
37 and William E. Barlow III
received 30. Write-in candi-
dates received ﬁ ve votes.
In the Republican con-
test for U.S. senator, Darin
Harbick received 514 votes,
Sam Palmer received 282,
Jo Rae Perkins received
374, Christopher C. Chris-
tensen received 70, Ibra A.
Taher received 24, Rob-
ert M. Fleming received 19,
Jason Beebe received 143
and write-ins received 12.
In the Democratic race
for U.S. representative for
Oregon’s 2nd District, Adam
Prine received 140 votes,
Joe Yetter received 361 and
write-ins received six votes.
On the Republican ticket
for 2nd District U.S. rep-
resentative, Mark Cavener
received 165 votes, Kather-
ine M. Gallant received 54,
incumbent Cliﬀ S. Bentz
received 1,253 and write-ins
received seven.
In the gubernatorial con-
test, there were 15 Demo-
crats and 19 Republicans.
Among the Democrat
ﬁ eld, Tobias Read received
214 votes, John Swee-
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Prices at the pump
continue upward trend
Chieftain staﬀ
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa County Clerk Sandy Lathrop, center, uses a new state computer program to verify
voters’ signatures on ballots Tuesday, May 17, 2022, while Deputy Clerk Tracey Madsen, left,
and election volunteer Grace Lathrop assist in the clerk’s oﬃ ce of the courthouse.
ney received 12, Patrick E.
Starnes received 29, Dave
W. Stauﬀ er received three,
Peter W. Hall received
four, Genevieve Wilson
H. received three, Keisha
Lanell Merchant received
two, Michael Cross received
one, George L. Carrillo
received 10, Tina Kotek
received 289, Michael Trim-
ble received three, Ifeany-
ichukwu C. Diru received
two, Wilson R. Bright
received seven, Julian Bell
received ﬁ ve, David Beem
received two and write-ins
received 15.
In
the
Republican
ﬁ eld, Amber R. Richard-
son received four votes,
Bill Sizemore received 51,
Stefan G. Strek (Stregoi)
received zero votes, Nick
Hess received 13, John G.
Presco received zero, Bud
Pierce received 55, Stan
Pulliam received 82, Kerry
McQuisten received 363,
Tim McCloud received 29,
Brandon C. Merritt received
four, Reed Christensen
received 22, Jessica Gomez
received 21, Marc Thiel-
man received 81, Bob Tier-
nan received 102, Christine
Drazan received 583, Court
Boice received 10, Bridget
Barton received 72, Ray-
mond Baldwin received one,
David A. Burch received
two and write-ins received
11.
In the race for state rep-
resentative for the 58th Dis-
trict, no Democrat ﬁ led
for oﬃ ce and 30 write-ins
were cast. On the Republi-
can side, 1,349 votes were
cast for incumbent Bobby
Levy, 81 were cast for Skye
Farnam and three write-ins
were cast.
In the nonpartisan races,
District Attorney Rebecca
J. Frolander received 1,911
votes while 38 write-ins
were cast.
County Commissioner
Position 3 incumbent John
Hillock received 2,007
votes and 55 were cast for
write-ins.
County Clerk Sandy
Lathrop received 2,112
votes and 14 were cast for
write-ins.
In the race for commis-
sioner for the Bureau of
Labor and Industries, Chris-
tina E. Stephenson received
610 votes, Cheri Helt
received 602 votes, Chris
Henry received 60 votes,
Robert Neuman received
91 votes, Casey M. Kulla
received 362 votes, Brent T.
Barker received 252 votes,
Aaron R. Baca received 38
votes and write-ins received
four votes.
Several judges also were
on the ballot, but only one
had a challenger. In Position
3 for the Court of Appeals,
Darleen Ortega received 978
votes to Vance Day’s 1,078.
All the other judge positions
saw overwhelming wins for
those on the ballot, Roger J.
DeHoog for Supreme Court
Position 6, Scott A Shorr
for Appeals Court Position
5 and Ramon A. Pagan for
Appeals Court Position 8.
Numerous Democratic
and Republican precinct
committeepersons
also
were on the ballot and many
did not see the full num-
ber required on the ballot
selected.
A15
ENTERPRISE — Fuel
prices continued their
upward trend over the past
week, with the Enterprise
Texaco joining the Enter-
prise Chevron with the
highest price for regular
unleaded in the county at
$5.29 a gallon as of Tues-
day, May 24.
The Chevron remains
the leader at selling diesel
automotive fuel at $5.89
a gallon. Texaco’s diesel
price is $5.69.
The two stations in
Joseph and Wallowa had
prices a little lower than in
Enterprise, but unlike the
Enterprise stations, neither
oﬀ ers cash discounts or dis-
counts for Safeway points.
In Joseph, Paul’s Chev-
ron sells regular for $4.99
and diesel for $5.75. At
Goebel’s in Wallowa, regu-
lar sells for $5 a gallon and
diesel for $5.69.
On May 23, Oregon was
well over the nationwide
high for regular, according
to the American Automo-
bile Association’s website.
Oregon averaged $5.15 a
gallon, while nationally
the average was $4.59.
Oregon’s average was up
about 0.005 cents a gallon
from the day before. The
national average also was
up fractionally.
A year ago, the state
average was $3.407 and
the national average was
$3.03.
According to AAA, the
cost of crude oil accounts
for more than half of what
we pay at the pumps, so
higher crude oil prices
translate into more expen-
sive gas and diesel. These
high pump prices are not
likely to ease anytime soon.
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