Decision 2024: LIVE Election Blog
Deschutes Commission expansion passing; other measures close: 9:15 pm
Measure 9-173, to expand the Deschutes County Commission from three to five members, was passing 65-35%.
The man behind the move, John Heylin, whose Unofficial Logging Company hosted the Democrats Watch Party Tuesday night, told NewsChannel 21’s Isabella Warren, “It’s kind of unbelievable. I was in the kitchen washing dishes and there was a cheer.” He said it shows “some dude with an idea can move an entire county.”
But other ballot measures were closer - some much closer. The Redmond School District bond measure for Redmond High repairs and improvements, among other projects, was nearly tied, passing by just 60 votes out of nearly 25,000 counted.
A Redmond Area Park & Rec District bond was losing 68-32% and the first tax measure proposed by the Deschutes County Soil & Water Conservation District was passing narrowly, 51-49%
Redmond voters were passing an advisory measure to allow marijuana dispensaries, 51-49%, and a tax on marijuana retailers was passing handily, 71-29%. Redmond residents also were passing a two-year extension of a moratorium on psilocybin service centers, 57-43%
FIRST RESULTS IN – BYNUM, VANDER KAMP LEAD 8:25 PM
The first results are in from the big races show Janelle Bynum leading Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, 48-46%, while Deschutes County sheriff’s Captain Kent Vander Kamp is defeating Captain William Bailey, 59-41%.
In other top races, Anthony Broadman has a 60-40% winning margin over Michael Summers in the first round of Oregon Senate District 27 votes, while House District 53 Rep. Emerson Levy is leading Republican challenger Keri Lopez 55-45%
Measure 118, the corporate tax hike for rebates to all Oregonians, is being trounced, 79-21%
And The Associated Press has called Oregon for Kamala Harris.
All statewide and Central Oregon election results online here.
Battlegrounds too close to call: 7:34 PM
NBC News is saying several of the battleground states are too close to call, while Donald Trump has won Ohio and Kamala Harris takes Illinois.
Meanwhile, our Isabella Warren is at the Democrats' watch party and Matthew Draxton is at the Republican get-together. We'll have more from them and our other team members as the local results begin to flow in. Stay tuned, on-air and online! We have you covered.
An interesting, busy night ahead - what we'll be watching: 5:00 PM PT
It's another momentous, interesting election night, and after all the focus on issues and personalities, it all comes down to the numbers.
Of course, much has changed over the past four years.
The polls always close back East first, and the race for the White House sometimes is decided before the West gets its say. This time? Maybe not, after all the twists and turns of a dramatic campaign season.
No big surprises in the first network projections - and NBC News says key state Pennsylvania and several others are too close to call.
Locally, the big races here on the High Desert are reflected by the many TV ads, the fundraising texts, the mailers filling our mailboxes.
We'll be watching closely the most high-profile race, nationally and locally, for the far-flung Fifth Congressional District, the hotly contested, high-spending race between Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Democratic challenger Janelle Bynum.
Many eyes are also focused after the first results come in after 8 p.m. on the contentious race for the next Deschutes County sheriff between Capt. William Bailey, the choice of retiring incumbent Shane Nelson, and Sgt. Kent Vander Kamp.
Several Oregon legislative races also have drawn great attention (and campaign spending).
Turn to us for team coverage of the numbers, and the reactions. We'll keep you posted!
