Gubernatorial debate here in wonderful welches, oregon. I am mark garber, past president of the oregon Newspaper Publishers association, and i will be moderating the debate. For many decades, this onpa has been the unofficial kickoff to the gubernatorial season in oregon. This year, we have a particularly exciting race for governor as we have a known incumbent and three very wellknown candidates on the stage today. This event is being live streamed on newspaper websites across oregon. I want to thank our partner, allied Video Productions, for helping make the live stream possible. After brief introductions and a reminder of the rules, we are going to get to the debate. Other than during these introductions, we want the audience to remain quiet during the entire debate, that means no beeping noises from your cell phones, please, so please make sure they are silenced. Thank you. We want to give a warm newspaper industry welcome to the candidates we invited to appear today. In alphabetica