Russell elected Bend mayor; Endicott wins again in Redmond

(Updated results)

Bend’s first directly elected mayor in 90 years will be Sally Russell, who won 50 percent of the ballots in a six-way race to 41 percent for fellow City Councilor Bill Moseley, according to election results Wednesday morning.

Brian Douglass finished third with about 3.5 percent, followed by Michael Hughes with about 2 percent, Joshua Langlais just behind and Charles Webster Baer last at less than 1 percent.

Meanwhile, Barb Campbell won a three-way race for re-election to a second four-year councilor term with a similar tally of 49 percent of the ballots to challenger Sarah McCormick’s 43 percent and Ron (Rondo) Boozell with about 8 percent, as of Wednesday morning.

In the other Bend council race, Gena Goodman-Campbell won the Position 5 race with 64 percent to 31 percent for Andrew Davis and just under 4 percent for Victor Johnson.

In Redmond, Mayor George Endicott won re-election with 57 percent of the vote Wednesday morning to challenger (and former mayor) Ed Fitch at 43 percent.

A four-way race for three Redmond City Council seats found incumbents Jon Bullock and Jay Patrick winning re-election, at 30 and 29 percent, and Endicott’s wife, Krisanna Clark-Endicott, taking the third seat with 23 percent of the vote. Josefina Nury Riggs was fourth at 17 percent.

In La Pine, Daniel Richer defeated Connie Briese in the race for mayor, 56 to 44 percent, while Mike Shields and Michael Harper were winning a three-way race for two city council seats, with about 39 and 31 percent, and D. Scott Henderson not far behind at 29 percent.

In Sisters, a measure to allow recreational and medical marijuana retailers was defeated 56 percent to 44 percent, but they also agreed by a whopping 82 percent to put a city tax on retail sales (if they had been allowed).

In the region’s biggest money measure, Redmond School District voters were defeating a $70 million bond to replace Lynch Elementary and make repairs and improvements to other schools, at 51 percent opposed to 49 percent in favor as of Wednesday, losing by a 410-vote margin.

A five-year, $15 million Jefferson County Jail operations levy also was defeated by a wide margin, 63 percent to 37 percent.

The Crooked River Ranch Rural Fire District gained approval of a five-year local option levy, 60 percent to 40 percent.

But a five-year local option levy for the La Pine Park and Recreation District was soundly defeated, 69 to 31 percent.

In Crook County, voters gave a resounding 81-percent yes vote to a continued four-year local option operating levy for the Bowman Museum.

And in Jefferson County, Nancy Diaz defeated Ginger Gann in the race for Culver mayor, 67 to 32 percent, while John Chavez was narrowly winning a three-way race for Metolius mayor, with nearly 36 percent to Tryna Mulenburg’s 32.5 percent and Carl Elliott’s 30 percent of the vote.

Check for updates at: http://results.oregonvotes.gov/Default.aspx.