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STATESMAN JOURNAL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2002 StatesmanJournal.com i 3A -i -v. Zaraier holds eairow lead Racist laegea ge draws reactioes x-Billy Dalto, GOP Mike Swaim, Dem 7,719 53 6,858 47 Sonets District 1 0 x-Jackie Winters, GOP 22,435 55 Bryan Johnston, Dem 18,590 45 Senate District 11 x-Peter Courtney, Dem(i) 13,910 55 Randy Franke, GOP 11,276 45 District 22 Cliff Zauner, GOP(i) Betty Komp, Dem 5,206 50 5,110 50 vJ In Marion County, 35 percent voted not to edit the Constitution. BY ALEX DAVIS Statesman Journal Voters in Marion County were more reluctant than most parts of the state to remove racist language in the Oregon Constitution, election results show. Almost 30,000 voters, or 35 percent of the county's total ballots cast, opposed the plan to delete pre-Civil War wording that refers to "free negroes," and laws based on the number of "white inhabitants" in the state. The proposal, Mea Komp Courtney when limited to one.

Another 2,000 ballots were being held for election officials to make sure that voters issued more than one ballot actually cast onry one ballot Davidson said the rest were Marion County ballots dropped off elsewhere in Oregon, or ballots whose voter signatures do not match those on file. "Nobody is more House 10 years and in the Senate the past eight years. Democrat Floyd Prozanski of Eugene was there from 1995 to 2001, and Republican George Gilman of Medford for two years in the 1980s. In each of the previous two elections, which were affected by term limits, the House had two dozen new members. The Senate will have seven new -isa, 1.

The District 22 seat in the state legislature is the last local race to be resolved. BY PETER WONG Statesman Journal Democrat Betty Komp chipped away Wednesday, but Republican Rep. Cliff Zauner clung to a narrow lead in the only unresolved contest for a Mid-Willamette Valley seat in the Oregon Legislature. Zauner and Komp were separated by just 87 votes of more than in the latest tally from House District 22, which stretches from northeast Salem to Woodburn. Both liveinWoodburn.

When the initial count was completed early Wednesday, the difference was 96 votes. "We knew it would be a close race," Zauner said Wednesday after spending the day picking up his campaign signs. "That's why the district was drawn that way by (Secretary of State) Bill Bradbury." The 2001 redistricting gave Democrats a registration edge of 5.4 percentage points, compared with a Republican registration edge of 3 percentage points in the district Zauner won two years ago. "I think the gap will narrow as more ballots are counted," Komp said. "But I do not know whether I wUl be able to take the seat." Right now, the gap between them will have to drop to about 20 for state law to trigger an automatic recount in the race.

Marion County Clerk Al Davidson said about 9,000 ballots countywide remained uncounted, and only 256 of them were processed Wednesday. He expected many of the rest to be counted today. He said about 6,000 ballots were rejected by the optical-scanning machines, either because the ballots had stray marks or voters marked more than one choice, an "overvote," sure 14, still passed easily. Statewide, opposition had dropped to 29 percent with 91 percent of votes counted as of 2002 Zauner Voters in Washington, Multnomah and Lane counties posted opposition rates of 23 percent each. Deschutes and Clackamas counties recorded 29 percent and 28 percent opposition rates.

The stiffest opposition came from a handful of large but sparsely populated counties in Eastern Oregon. Harney County, for example, passed Measure 14 by just 189 votes, or 53 percent in unofficial results reported Wednesday. Does that mean nearly half of the county's 7,600 residents support racist attitudes? "Heavens no," said Linda Johnson, executive director of the Harney County Chamber of Commerce in Burns. Johnson said the county's large base of conservative, Republican voters probably were skeptical of changing the Constitution for any reason. The theory also might explain trends in the Willamette Valley.

Compared to Eugene and Portland, for example, Salem voters are more conservative. Other counties with higher-than-aver-age opposition Yamhill (36 percent), Coos (41 percent) and Linn (35 percent) also are more conservative. State Rep. Jackie Winters, R-Salem, cautioned against linking the voting results with racist behavior. Winters, an African-American who won her Senate seat Tuesday with 55 percent of the Marion County vote, said the large statewide approval rate for the racist language removal was a triumph, considering there was no official campaign to promote it.

"You're always going to have some that say yea' and some that say said Winters, one of three African-American legislators in Oregon. Alex Davis can be reached at (503) 589-6941 oradavis StatesmanJoumal.com winters interested than we are in getting this election over with," Davidson said. "We have to get started on the Jan. 28 election." The Zauner-Komp race is among four House districts statewide where the Associated Press had not declared a winner as of Wednesday night. If current trends hold, Republicans will boost their totals in the House from 32 to 35 their highest since the end of the 1999 session and Democrats will drop from 28 to 25.

Republicans swept the other Mid-Valley seats. Rep. Jan Lee of Clackamas, who switched from Republican to Democrat last year, apparently was the only incumbent to lose Tuesday. Rep. Betsy Close, R-Albany, had a narrow victory.

Rep. Elaine Hopson, D-Tilla-mook, was leading her race narrowly. The House will have at least 19 newly elected members, but three have been there before. Republican Randy Miller of Lake Oswego was in the members including Republican Jackie Winters of Salem but only Republican Frank Morse of Albany, who defeated former Democratic Rep. Barbara Ross, comes in without House experience.

Peter Courtney of Salem, elected Tuesday to a second term in the Senate after 14 years in the House, becomes the Senate's senior Democrat. Democrat Joan Dukes of Astoria was elected to a fifth Senate term. Democrats gained one seat to tie Republicans, 15-15, for the first time since the 1956 election. Voters elected all five senators and five House candidates who would have been barred from running under Oregon's term limits law, which the Oregon Supreme Court struck down in January. Peter Wong can be reached at (503) 399-6745 or pwongStatesman Joumal.com Wednesday night But some were outraged that the number of "no" votes was that high in the first place.

"That's so tragic," said Marilyn Johnston, coordinator of the Salem Human Rights Relations Advisory Commission. "To know that it's right here in our backyard is frightening." The results were puzzling to Paddy McGuire, deputy secretary of state under Bill Bradbury. McGuire said the measure drew almost zero opposition from the state Legislature, which first proposed removing the language in 1999. McGuire said his office struggled to find two people to represent the opposition point of view on a committee to draft the ballot statement. Both views are required by state law.

Of the six most populated counties in Oregon, none had a higher rate of opposition to Measure 14 than Marion County. 2002 General Election Results: Congressional and statewide Latest results of contested races, x-declared winner; (i)-incumbent Source: The Associated Press U.S. SENATE District 24 McMinnville 10 of 15 precincts x-Donna Nelson, GOP(i) 12,138 59 Tim Duerfeldt, Dem 8,330 41 District 41 Southeast Portland 15 of 17 precincts x-CarolynTomei, Dem(i) 12,251 80 Matt Fisher, Lib 3,041 20 District 59 North Central 16 of 17 precincts John Mabrey, GOP 9,306 51 Jim Gilbertson, Dem 9,096 49 District 25 Keizer and St Paul 12 of 15 precincts x-Vic Backlund, GOP(i) 13,629 75 Jonathan D. Bella, Dem 4,648 25 District 42 Southeast Portland 16 of 18 precincts x-Diane Rosenbaum, Dem(i) 1 6,084 83 Theresa A Reed, Lib 1,861 10 Charley J. Nims, SOC 1,415 7 District 60 Southeast 14 of 15 precincts x-R Thomas Butler, GOP(i) 12,865 72 Roxanna Swann, Dem 4,993 28 MEASURES 952 of 1,002 precincts x-Gordon Smith, GOP(i) 672,217 57 Bill Bradbury, Dem 464,669 39 Dan Fitzgerald, Lib 27,765 2 20,082 2 U.S.

HOUSE District 26 Wilsonville 16 of 18 precincts x-Jerry Krummel, GOP(i) 12,292 64 Rick Ross, Dem 6,913 36 District 43 Northeast Portland 15 of 17 precincts x-Deborah Kafoury, 86 Shirley Freeman, GOP 1,888 11 Herb Booth, Lib 653 4 District 1 Northwest Oregon 177 of 190 precincts x-David Wu, Dem(i) 139,319 62 Jim Greenfield, GOP 76,607 34 Beth A. King, Lib 7,116 3 District 28 Beaverton 13 of 14 precincts Jeff Barker, Dem 7,121 50 Keith Parker, GOP 7,094 50 Measure 14 Strike racial references in constitution 948 of 1,002 precincts x-Yes 810,841 71 No 330,854 29 Measure 15 Seismic Rehab: Education Buildings 949 of 1,002 precincts x-Yes 624,789 55 No 505,797 45 District 44 North Portland 12 of 14 precincts x-Gary D. Hansen, Dem(i)1 0,602 79 Martin M. Kennedy, Cnl 1,737 13 Thomas W. Albright, SOC 1 ,066 8 District 2 East and SW Oregon 205 of 208 precincts x-Greg Walden, GOP(i) 180,829 72 Peter Buckley, Dem 64,756 26 Mike Wood, Lib 5,658 2 District 29 Cornelius, Forest Grove 11 of 12 precincts Mary Gallegos, GOP 6,468 52 Chuck Riley, Dem 5,999 48 Measure 16 Seismic Rehab: Emergency Buildings District 45 Northeast Portland 15 of 17 precincts x-Jackie Dingfelder, 92 Arthur Scarborough, SOC 1 ,334 8 949 of 1,002 precincts District 3 Portland Area 174 of 194 precincts 135,661 68 Sarah Seale, GOP 52,843 26 Walter Brown, SOC 5,513 3 Kevin Jones, Lib 3,959 2 David Brownlow, Cnl 2,91 5 1 District 30 Hillsboro 14 of 15 precincts Derrick Kitts, GOP 8,129 49 Aran Carleson, Dem 7,908 48 John McCartney, Lib 550 3 x-Yes No 622,914 55 501,210 45 District 46 Northeast Portland -13 of 16 precincts x-Steve March, Dem(i) 12,731 82 Eric Dickman, Lib 2,825 18 Measure 17 Lower legislator age to 18 949 of 1,002 precincts District 31 St.

Helens to Astoria 14 of 17 precincts x-Elizabeth Johnson, Dem(i) 14,352 67 Bob Ekstrom, Cnl 5,113 24 Mervin Arnold, Ind 1,919 9 Yes x-No 315,873 27 856,181 73 District 4 Southwestern Oregon 206 of 211 precincts 159,808 64 86,246 34 Chris Bigelow, Lib 4,342 2 District 48 Southeast Portland -11 of 14 precincts x-Michael Schaufler, Dem 6,865 55 Michael R. Wrathell, GOP 4,899 39 Jeremy Bowen, Cnl 687 6 Measure 18 Tax zones 949 of 1,002 precincts Yes x-No District 32 North Coast 14 of 18 precincts Elaine Hopson, Dem(i) 11,675 52 Joe Meyer, GOP 10,754 48 420,135 39 662,084 61 District 5 Willamette Valley, coast 192 of 200 precincts 128,318 55 Brian Boquist, GOP 106,047 45 GOVERNOR District 11 District 8 Salem and Keizer 23 of 24 precincts West Eugene 16 of 17 precincts x-Peter Courtney, Dem(i) 13,910 55 x-Floyd Prozanski, Dem 14,226 73 Randy Franke, GOP 11,276 45 Greg McNeill, GOP 5,306 27 District 13 District 9 Forest Grove to Salem 29 of 33 precincts Coos Bay, Florence 16 of 18 precincts x-Charies Starr, GOP(i) 22,910 60 x-Joanne Verger, Dem(i) 11,513 75 Ken Crowley, Dem 15,258 40 Valorie K. Holloway, Lib 3,802 25 District 15 District 10 Hillsboro 25 of 27 precincts Lincoln City, Newport 19 of 20 precincts x-Bruce Starr, GOP 17,403 62 x-Alan Brown, GOP(i) 11,587 51 Ermine Todd, Dem 9,629 34 Marcia Thompson, Dem 11,031 49 Tom Humphrey, Cnl ,909 3 wv 4 41 District 11 DlStriCt 10 NE Springfield 17 of 19 precincts Northwest Coast -29 of 35 precincts x-Phil Bamhart, Dem(i) 13,436 62 x-Joan Dukes, Dem(i) 25,168 57 Robert M. Bolanos, GOP 8,166 38 Don Fell, GOP 17,034 38 Helen McDaniel, Lib 2,324 5 District 12 Springfield 13 of 14 precincts District 17 x-Elizabeth Beyer, Dem(i) 7,931 53 NW Portland Suburbs -30 of 33 precincts Norm FOX, GOP 7,012 47 x-Charlie Ringo, Dem 20,781 54 Bill Witt, GOP 17,590 46 District 13 West Springfield -17 of 18 precincts District 19 x-Robert Ackerman, Dem(i) 1 3,202 73 Lake Oswego and W.Linn -33 of 37 precincts Jay Bozievich, Lib 4,789 27 x-Richard Devlin, Dem 22,365 50 BobTiernan.GOP 21,325 48 District 14 David M. Akin, Lib 1..157 3 Junction City -15 of 16 precincts 4.

x-Pat Farr, GOP 10,032 53 DlStriCt ZU Araminta Hawkins, Dem 8,835 47 Oregon City 32 of 35 precincts x-Kurt Schrader, Dem 19,643 56 District 15 Jesse W.Lott, GOP 15,714 44 Albany-16 of 17 precincts x-Betsy Close, GOP(i) 11,259 52 Districts Joseph Novak, Dem 10,464 48 East Portland 24 of 29 precincts x-Frank Shields, Dem(i) 16,123 58 District 16 Cletus Moore GOP 11,874 42 Corvallls 16ofi6 precincts 14,007 68 DlStriCt Scott Bisson, GOP 6,470 32 Portland to Hood River -33 of 36 precincts 18,516 55 District 17 Bob Montgomery, GOP 15,408 45 Santiam Canyon -15 of 17 precincts 13,017 69 31 AIL Donald Beale, Dem 5,823 31 REPRESENTATIVE District 18 rtictrirt 1 Silverton and Molalla- 14 of 16 precincts x-Tootie Smith, GOP(i) 12,903 83 67 Herman Baurer, Cnl 2,685 17 Dave Tilton, Dem 6,881 33 District 19 nScfrirf Turner and Aumsville- 16 of 17 precincts Rlsuro -19 o7i9 precincts x-Dan Doyle, GOP(i) 12,142 65 Roseburg J90'19'" Fred Fleischman, Dem 6,658 35 x-Susan Morgan, GOP(i) 14,703 74 Bruce Crank, Dem 5,107 26 )jJjjJ 20 SW Salem' Independence- 14 ot 15 precincts Zll 10 nHnr lC G0P 1 2'738 63 Grants Pass 19 of 19 precincts ,4. -tn, Lloyd Kumley, Dem 7,418 37 x-Gordon Anderson, GOP 14,450 71 Dale Matthews, Pac 5,891 29 J)jsjrjc 21 nSctrit A South and East Salem 13 of 14 precincts x-Dennis Richardson, GOP 13,877 61 Mike Swaim, Dem 6,858 47 Shayne Maxwell, Dem 9,018 39 )jsfrjcf 22 j-v a Salem to Woodburn 9 of 10 precincts I 7 Cliff Zauner, GOP(i) 5,206 50 Medford -i8ofn Betty Komp, Dem 5,110 50 12,989 63 Barbara Davidson, Dem 7,664 37 JJijJfJ 23 V' 4 4 1 Dallas to Monroe 15 of 17 precincts DlStriCt 14,010 68 CottageGrove, Dem 6,468 32 13,570 66 a' Donald Nordin, Dem 7,041 34 District 49 Troutdale 11 of 14 precincts x-Karen Minnis, GOP(i) 6,896 60 Pamela Spradling, Dem 4,572 40 Measure 21 None of the above option on judges 949 of 1,002 precincts Yes 490,446 44 x-No 628,285 56 District 33 NW Portland Suburbs -15 of 18 precincts x-Mitch Greenlick, Dem 12,799 58 Erik T.Hartung, GOP 8,392 38 Anthony Ambrose, Lib 945 4 District 50 Gresham 12 of 15 precincts x-Laurie Anderson, Dem(i) 8,206 62 Ernest J. Hodgin, GOP 5,092 38 954 of 1,002 precincts x-Ted Kulongoski, Dem 573,568 49 Kevin L. Mannix, GOP 549,317 47 Tom Cox, Lib 53,897 5 OREGON TAX COURT Measure 22 Judges elected by district 949 of 1,002 precincts District 34 Beaverton 14 of 15 precincts x-Brad Avakian, Dem 8,596 53 John Scruggs, GOP 6,966 43 Kevin Schaumleffle, Lib 646 4 Yes No 558,486 49 570,981 51 District 51 Estacada 15 of 18 precincts x-Linda Flores, GOP 8,998 57 Jan Lee, Dem(i) 6,717 43 947 of 1,002 precincts Henry C. Breithaupt 632,533100 Measure 23 Health-care plan 949 ot 1,002 precincts Yes x-No STATE SENATOR District 52 Hood River 16 of 18 precincts x-Patti Smith, GOP(i) 10,874 64 Larry Cramblett, Dem 6,107 36 District 35 Tigard 14 of 16 precincts x-Max Williams, GOP(i) 10,571 61 Geoff Sinclair, Dem 5,835 33 Carta Shults, Lib 1,034 6 244,476 21 912,061 79 District 53 District 3 Jackson 38 of 38 precincts x-Lenn Hannon, GOP(i) 27,221 60 Virginia C.

Lemon, Dem 17,810 40 Measure 24 Dentu lists 949 of 1,002 precincts x-Yes No Redmond 18 of 18 precincts 16,621 66 Cylvia Haves, Dem 7.687 31 District 37 Tualatin and West Unn -15 of 17 precincts x-Randy Miller, GOP 12,310 64 Bill Gleason, Dem 6,961 36 850,101 76 270,227 24 Curt Wagoner, Lib 883 4 District 4 Part Douglas and Lane 34 of 35 precincts x-Tony Corcoran, Dem(i) 23,639 58 David Alsup, GOP 17,009 42 Measure 25 Increase minimum wage to $6.90 949 of 1,002 precincts x-Yes 602,043 51 No 574,016 49 District 38 Lake Oswego 16 of 20 precincts x-Greg MacPherson, Jim Zupancic, GOP 11,178 46 District 54 Bend -18 of 18 precincts x-Tim Knopp, GOP(i) 13,696 62 Les Lambert, Dem 8,475 38 District 7 West Eugene 32 of 34 precincts x-Vicki Walker, Dem 21 ,287 54 Mike Cary, GOP 18,140 46 District 39 Oregon City, Canby 15 of 17 precincts Wayne Scott, GOP 9,909 52 Martha Schrader, Dem 9,326 48 District 55 Prineville South 19 of 19 precincts x-George Gilman, GOP 12,249 62 Karole S. Stockton, Dem 7,389 38 Measure 26 Alters pay for signature gatherers 949 of 1,002 precincts x-Yes 862,033 75 No 282,589 25 District8 Corvallis and Albany -32 of 33 precincts x-Frank Morse, GOP 23,448 55 Barbara Ross, Dem 19,476 45 District 40 Milwaukie 16 of 18 precincts x-Dave Hunt, Dem 8,647 54 Dick Jones, GOP 7,492 46 District 57 La Grande 6 of 9 precincts x-Greg Smith, GOP(i) 12,999 67 Elizabeth Scheeler, Dem 6,358 33 Measure 27 Labeling genetically-engineered foods 949 of 1,002 precincts Yes 342,761 29 x-No 835,276 71 District 10 Salem 31 of 32 precincts x-Jackie Winters, GOP 22,435 55 Bryan Johnston, Dem 18,590 45.