WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2018
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ELECTIONS
Davis and Murdock keep their seats
By JADE MCDOWELL
STAFF WRITER
Hermiston city councilor
Lori Davis will keep her seat
for another four years, beat-
ing challenger Mark Gomol-
ski with 57.9 percent of the
vote.
She was one of sev-
eral incumbents that kept
her seat during the Nov. 6
election, including Uma-
tilla County Commissioner
George Murdock, Congress-
man Greg Walden and Gov-
ernor Kate Brown.
Davis has served on
the Hermiston City Coun-
cil since 2010. She was
appointed to fill a vacant
seat, and then elected a few
months later.
A three-way split between
Davis, Gomolski and Jackie
Linton during the May pri-
maries forced a runoff
between Davis and Gomol-
ski. At the time, Gomolski
got 36.3 percent of the vote
and Davis pulled in 32.6
percent.
Davis said she grateful
for the community’s support
to win the race. She alluded
to a larger movement of
women candidates winning
positions around the country.
“The future is female,”
she said.
Before election results
came in she sent an email
to Hermiston Herald say-
ing she truly cares about
Hermiston and feels fortu-
nate to be a part of its city
government.
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 Nov. 6 in Pendleton.
“I will continue to listen
and serve all citizens in this
great city,” she said.
Gomolski said while the
obvious hope is always to
win an election, he hoped no
matter what the outcome that
he had inspired more people
to get involved in their city
government.
Gomolski also served on
the school board for Herm-
iston School District, which
holds its meetings the same
time as the Hermiston City
Council. He said regard-
less of the outcome of the
race, he would continue to
encourage the organizations
to find a way to meet at dif-
ferent times so that residents
could attend both. It would
also be beneficial for the two
governing bodies, he said,
as they continue to partner
on projects such as using
the aquatic center to host
free swimming lessons for
students.
“If we’re going to be
doing partnerships like that,
I think we should be attend-
ing each other’s meetings,”
he said.
County
commissioner
George Murdock eked out a
Umatilla and Morrow
County election results
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS FOR UMATILLA
COUNTY AS OF 2:23 A.M. NOV. 7
• 11th Congressional District
Greg Walden (R) 63.7%
Jaime McLeod-Skinner (D) 31.3%
Mark R. Roberts (I) 4.8%
• Governor
Knute Buehler (R) 63.1%
Kate Brown (D) 29.2%
Patrick Starnes (I) 3.7%
Nick Chen (L) 1.7%
Aaron Auer (C) 1.6%
Christ Henry (P) 0.5%
• State Rep. Dist. 57
Greg Smith (R) 98%
• County Commission Position 1
George Murdock 50.8%
Rick Pullen 48.5%
• County Commission Position 2
John Shafer 95%
(773 write-ins)
• Echo Mayor
Eujeana Hampton 90%
• Echo City Council (top four
elected)
Janie Enright 26.2%
Chad Ray 22.5%
Tammie Williams 22.2%
Richard Yoder 19%
• Hermiston City Council Ward 1
Lori Davis 57.9%
Mark Gomolski 41.7%
• Stanfield City Council At Large
(top three elected)
Jason Sperr 47.6%
Delwin B. Manley 38.9%
116 write-ins
• Umatilla Mayor
Mary Dedrick 53.9%
Daren Dufloth 45.4%
• Umatilla City Council Position 1
Corinne Funderburk 56.8%
Mark Keith 42.8%
• Umatilla City Council Position 2
Leslie R. Smith 95.8%
• Umatilla City Council Position 5
Josy Chavez 97.2%
• Soil & Water Director Zone 2
Tim Spratling 99.1%
• Soil & Water Director Zone 3
No candidate filed (799 write-ins)
• Soil & Water Director Zone 5
Colin C. Hemphill 99.1%
• Soil & Water Director At Large 2
No candidate filed (748 write-ins)
• Measure 102 (Housing bonds)
No 56.7%
Yes 43.3%
• Measure 103 (Grocery tax ban)
Yes 63%
No 37%
• Measure 104 (Budget
amendment)
No 52.4%
Yes 47.6%
• Measure 105 (Sanctuary repeal)
Yes 54.9%
No 45.1%
• Measure 106 (Abortion funding)
Yes 55.3%
No 44.7%
• Umatilla County Second
Amendment Preservation
Ordinance
Yes 65.2%
No 34.8%
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS FOR MORROW
COUNTY, 10:14 P.M. ON NOV. 6
• Congressional District 11
Greg Walden (R) 56.8%
Jaime McLeod-Skinner (D) 36.7%
Mark R. Roberts (I) 6.5%
• Governor
Knute Buehler (R) 53.8%
Kate Brown (D) 35%
Patrick Starnes (I) 3.9%
Aaron Auer (C) 3.5%
Nick Chen (L) 2.8%
Chris Henry (P) 0.8%
• State Rep. Dist. 57
Greg Smith (R) 98.2%
• Heppner Mayor
Jim Kindle 66.1%
Cody High 40.6%
• Heppner City Council Position 4
Dale Bates 98.8%
• Heppner City Council Position 5
David Gunderson 68.4%
Sharon Inskeep 32.2%
• Heppner City Council Position 6
Adam Doherty 98.9%
• Soil & Water Conservation Zone 1
Miff Devin 99.7%
• Soil & Water Conservation Zone 2
Jim McElligott 99.9%
• Soil & Water Conservation Zone 3
Brian Doherty 99.9%
• Measure 102 (Housing bonds)
No 58.9%
Yes 41.1%
• Measure 103 (Grocery tax ban)
Yes 61.6%
No 38.4%
• Measure 104 (Budget
amendment)
No 52.2%
Yes 47.8%
• Measure 105 (Sanctuary repeal)
Yes 57.8%
No 42.2%
• Measure 106 (Abortion funding)
Yes 56.6%
No 43.4%
win with 50.8 percent of the
vote against challenger Rick
Pullen.
Murdock held an election
night gathering at Sister’s
Cafe in downtown Pendle-
ton, 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.
Umatilla County turnout low
By PHIL WRIGHT
STAFF WRITER
Umatilla County voters
just don’t do it.
More than 68.4 percent
of Oregon voters cast bal-
lots in the midterm election
Nov. 6, according to the lat-
est results from the Oregon
Sectary of State. Umatilla
County, however, continued
its trend of low voter turn-
out at 56.5 percent.
Once again, Umatilla
County is dead last in the
state.
Malheur County was
second to last, at 59.2 per-
cent, and third to the bot-
tom goes to Jefferson with
62.2. Wheeler County had
the highest turnout — 83.4
percent.
Umatilla County’s turn-
out was not even in the
same neighborhood as its
bordering neighbors. Mor-
row County’s turnout was
62.4 percent, Union Coun-
ty’s 67.6 percent and Grant
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“There’s certainly more we
need to do, but financially,
we’re stable, we have a won-
derful staff who care about
their jobs and the people
they serve, and we are focus-
ing on the things people 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 incum-
bent commissioners around
the state. His fellow com-
missioner Larry Givens
was defeated by John Sha-
fer in May and a write-in
campaign for the incumbent
came up well short Tuesday
night.
“Nine strong incumbents
lost in the primaries,” he
said. “Over half the commis-
sioners have changed in Ore-
gon in the past two years.”
Incumbents also had a
problem in the city of Uma-
tilla, where incumbent
mayor Daren Dufloth lost
to challenger Mary Ded-
rick and city councilor Mark
Keith lost his seat to Corinne
Funderburk.
Dufloth,
who
was
appointed to his position in
March 2017, garnered 413
votes to Dedrick’s 490, for
a total of 45.4 percent of the
vote.
He said on election night
he was disappointed to see
the first round of results
showed him behind, but he
felt Umatilla would move
forward and continue to do
well whether he or Dedrick
were at the helm. The city is
already moving in a forward
direction, he said, and has an
excellent staff.
“I think the city is in a
better place now than when
I took over,” he said.
Keith, who was appointed
to his position June 2017,
gained 42.8 percent of the
vote. He will be replaced
by Funderburk, a language
arts teacher at Umatilla High
School.
County’s was 73.4 percent.
And while Oregon set
a record for total ballots
cast at 1.9 million, Uma-
tilla County voters returned
24,629, or 3,445 fewer than
in the 2016 general election.
Tuesday night also
turned the blue Oregon
House bluer.
Democrats in the Ore-
gon House already had a
supermajority, and the elec-
tion added two more to their
ranks. Rep. Greg Smith,
Republican from Heppner
for House District 57, said
he and his caucus face a
new reality, but he is ready
to forge new relationships
and friendships to take care
of the needs of his district.
“I can work with any-
one if they can help solve
a problem and I can help
them solve a problem,” he
said.
Smith also said he is
going to work as closely
as he can with Gov. Kate
Brown, Democrat, and her
office, “but I’m going to
ask her to remember even
though Republicans might
be in the minority, we still
have good ideas and want to
find common ground.”
That is going to be a big-
ger key for members of the
minority party than in the
recent past. Republicans
who can cross the aisle and
make deals will find ways to
help their districts. Republi-
cans who let political ide-
ology get in the way of the
district needs are apt to find
themselves in the corner.
Smith also said the mid-
term election could signal
some real change is afoot in
Eastern Oregon. He said he
plans on holding town hall
meetings before the start of
the 2019 session in January
to hear from the people.
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