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U.S.A. Page 8 n THE ASIAN REPORTER November 19, 2018 Newcomer Andy Kim beats Tom MacArthur in New Jersey By Mike Catalini The Associated Press T ADORABLE DEBUT. Twin red panda cubs Zeya, front, and her sister Ila, center, look out from a perch in their temporary outdoor enclosure with mom Hazel during a media preview of the animals at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. Hazel was brought to the zoo two years ago as part of a conservation breeding program. The cubs were born in June. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Seattle zoo to debut twin red panda cubs SEATTLE (AP) — Visitors to Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo will soon be able to view the first successful birth of red pandas there in nearly three decades. The zoo plans to introduce twin red panda cubs at a public outdoor exhibit opening November 23. Sisters Zeya (ZAY-uh) and Ila (EE-la) have been living in an indoor, climate- controlled area with their mom Hazel since they were born in June. Zoo officials say the cubs have been climbing trees, hanging out in a high hammock, and developing other motor skills. Red pandas are endangered, and fewer than 10,000 remain in the bamboo forests of China, the Himalayas, and Myanmar. Hazel was brought to the zoo two years ago as part of a conservation breeding program. Department of Consumer & Business Services Division of Financial Regulation - What We Do The Division of Financial Regulation of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services is the state agency that regulates insurance companies and insurance agents and agencies. Consumer advocacy: Consumers with insurance complaints or questions may contact the division’s Consumer Advocacy Unit, (503) 947-7984 or 1-888-877-4894 (toll-free in Oregon). 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He declared victory last week, but MacArthur did not concede as mail-in and provisional ballots con- tinued to be counted. The U.S. House histo- rian’s database shows he is the first Asian American elected from New Jersey. Kim has never run for or served in elected office before. “This from the very beginning was always about the people,” Kim told supporters at his office in Mount Laurel when he declared victory. “I will be part of that new generation of leaders that will step up and do what’s best for the American people. That’s what we need right now.” MacArthur had said earlier that he was waiting for votes to be counted and did not concede. “This has been a hard fought campaign and like Andy Kim, I’m ready to see it come to an end,” MacAr- thur said in a statement after the election. GET HELP WITH YOUR TRANSPORTATION COSTS You may be able to ride TriMet for 50% off or more. To see if you qualify for TriMet’s reduced fare for low-income riders, visit trimet.org/lowincome SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE. Andy Kim, the Democratic candidate in the U.S. Congressional District 3 race, speaks during a debate against Republican candidate Tom MacArthur, in Newark, New Jersey. Kim, the Democratic former national security aide to Barack Obama, defeated two-term incumbent MacArthur in New Jersey’s 3rd District. The U.S. House historian’s database shows he is the first Asian-American elected from New Jersey. Kim has never run for or served in elected office before. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) AP VoteCast found that The district last elected a most said Trump was a Democrat in 2008. MacArthur was an ally of factor in their vote, while a President Donald Trump majority also said the but stressed his indepen- country is headed in the wrong direction. Health- dence as well. He was the only New care was the top issue Jersey congressman to vote facing the nation for most Jersey voters, for the 2017 tax overhaul New and backed repeal of the followed by the economy Affordable Care Act. He and immigration. AP VoteCast is a new faced jeers and insults from constituents during an nationwide survey of about at-times raucous town hall 138,000 voters and non- voters — including 3,800 about healthcare last year. He authored an amend- voters and 664 nonvoters in ment to allow states to get the state of New Jersey — federal waivers to the conducted for The Associ- requirement that insurers ated Press by NORC at the charge healthy and sick University of Chicago. Kim said he will make it customers the same pre- miums. The change, which a priority to get a post on didn’t pass the senate, the House Armed Services would have been for people Committee because the who let their coverage southern New Jersey lapse. MacArthur had said district, which includes those people would be Burlington and Ocean covered by high-risk pools. counties, also has Joint In a recent interview, Base McGuire-Dix- Kim said that was a turn- Lakehurst. ing point. Kim and Democratic “The moment that was representative-elect Tom most important in this Malinowski ousted incum- district over the last two bent Republicans, while years was the healthcare Democratic representa- vote and the town hall that tives-elect Mikie Sherrill MacArthur did,” he said. and Jeff Van Drew won “That was what got me into open Republican seats. the race, that’s what just New Jersey will have turned this district on its just one Republican out of head and why people got so 12 seats in the next con- fired up.” gress. Before the election, Kim largely stayed away Republicans controlled five from invoking the presi- seats, and heading into the dent, despite his unpopu- 2016 election the delega- larity in New Jersey. tion was split six to six. Owners of Seattle electronics recycler charged in fraud case By Gene Johnson The Associated Press S EATTLE — The owners of a large Pacific North- west electronics recycler, Craig Lorch and Jeffrey Zirkle, are facing a federal conspiracy charge after investigations found the company lied to customers by having mercury-containing flat-screen TVs shipped overseas instead of disposing of them safely in the U.S. Charging documents filed in Seattle said Total Reclaim Inc.’s customers paid at least $1.2 million to have the material recycled from 2008 to 2016, but instead, the company sold the televisions to another company, knowing that company would ship them to China, where workers dismantled the monitors without safety or environmental protections. The practice was uncovered almost three years ago, and Total Reclaim has since been fined by regulators in Ore- gon and Washington. In an e-mailed statement, owners said they have cooperated with authorities.