Gordon Smith

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12/28/08
The Best Senate Campaign of 2008

...In an election cycle where Republican senators in blue states were an endangered species (John Sununu in New Hampshire, Gordon Smith in Oregon, Norm Coleman -- maybe -- in Minnesota), Collins was never seriously challenged by Rep. Tom Allen. Allen did

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12/28/08
Senator-Elect Focuses on Jobs

Although Merkley may still be processing the fact that he trounced Gordon Smith on Nov. 4, a two-term incumbent Republican who significantly outspent him, ...

Source: Portland Observer, OR
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12/27/08
Oregon 2008: a mix of the tragic and the offbeat

US Sen. Gordon Smith was upset in his bid for a third term by Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley, leaving Oregon with no statewide elected Republican in a ...

Source: kgw.com, OR
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12/25/08
Smith Received Contribution From Bush Ex-Pardonee

BY CHRISTY GEORGE Oregon Senator Gordon Smith was among several Republicans who got campaign contributions from the family of a Brooklyn developer President ...

Source: OPB News, OR
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12/24/08
Retirement of key policy drivers helped shape year

... victories strike Oregon and national politics as agriculture lost some long-time supporters, including two-term Oregon Republican Sen. Gordon Smith. ...

Source: Capital Press (subscription), OR
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12/24/08
Coal for Christmas: Brooklyn man's pardon revoked

Between them, they gave $4600 to Minnesota GOP Sen. Norm Coleman and another $4600 to Oregon Republican Sen. Gordon Smith, all on Oct. 15. ...

Source: The Associated Press
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12/24/08
Questions abound after Bush withdraws pardon

...In 2008, Toussie's father donated almost $40,000 to Arizona Sen. John McCain, Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith and Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor. White House press secretary Dana Perino issued a statement Wednesday saying that "based o

Source: CNN
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12/24/08
Bush Withdraws Presidential Pardon For New York Real Estate Developer (AHN)

...campaign. On October 15, Robert made $2,300 donations each to the re-election campaigns of Sens. Norm Coleman (R-MN) and Gordon Smith (R-OR). The same day, Toussie's mother Laura also made $2,300 contributions to the same two senators. The contributions

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12/24/08
Bush withdraws 1 of 19 pardons he issued Tuesday

...same address. Between them, they gave $4,600 to Minnesota GOP Sen. Norm Coleman and another $4,600 to Oregon Republican Sen. Gordon Smith, all on Oct. 15. Coleman is locked in a still-undecided race against Democrat Al Franken, and Smith lost in Novembe

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12/24/08
Bush withdraws a pardon he issued

...address. Between them, they gave $4,600 to Minnesota GOP Sen. Norm Coleman and another $4,600 to Oregon Republican Sen. Gordon Smith, all on Oct. 15. Coleman is locked in a still-undecided race against Democrat Al Franken, and Smith lost in November to

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12/24/08
Bush withdraws pardon of Brooklyn developer

...contribution to Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain and three GOP candidates in tight races last month: Sen. Gordon Smith of Oregon, Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia and Sen. Norm Coleman of Minnesota. The contributions "might create an appeara

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12/23/08
Willamette Week

... Party of Oregon’s announcement to our coverage this fall of US Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), whose frozen-food plant has employed undocumented workers. ...

Source: Willamette Week, OR
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12/23/08
Bush orders pardon to be reconsidered

... In 2008, Toussie's father donated almost $40,000 to Arizona Sen. John McCain, Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, and Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor.  ''Based on information that has subsequently come to light, the president has directed

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12/22/08
Creswell bucks county trends in voting patterns

Creswell area voters showed the same Republican bent in the US Senate race, voting 50.27 percent for incumbent Senator Gordon Smith and 43.87 percent for ...

Source: Creswell Chronicle,  USA
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12/22/08
Gordon Smith's Political Future the Subject of Much Speculation

Ever since the November general election, there has been much speculation regarding the political future of US Senator Gordon Smith, ...

Source: KAJO, OR
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12/21/08
Plane Crash Kills Top GOP Consultant

Gordon Smith, Lamar Alexander and John Thune. New Media Enterprises has also done extensive work for the Republican National Committee. ...

Source: GOPUSA, TX
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12/21/08
Oregon ornaments trim White House tree

Kathy Deggendorfer, 57, Sisters Artist; Selected by US Sen. Gordon Smith "I have been working on this project about Oregon's specialty farming ... and I ...

Source: The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR
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12/21/08
NW lawmakers show up to vote, despite commute

Meanwhile, Republican Gordon Smith made 99 percent of the votes while running in a very tough reelection campaign that he ultimately lost. ...

Source: The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR
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12/19/08
Sen. Smith's political future is anyone's guess

by Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian Sen. Gordon Smith was feted by a cross section of Oregon's political and business establishments at a private club in Portland ...

Source: The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR
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12/18/08
Auto companies can survive without bailouts

When I see senatorial names like Specter, Collins, Snowe, Gordon Smith, Graham, Voinovich and other RINO’s who are fiscally and socially liberal Republicans ...

Source: Canada Free Press, Canada
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12/17/08
Merkley hires key staffers

The DSCC provide Merkley with crucial financial support as well as guidance on policy and tactics during his run against incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith. ...

Source: The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR
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12/17/08
Newspaper That Made Smith Allegations Hosts Party With Democrats

...the stretch of the bitter 2008 race that incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) lost to state Speaker and now-Sen.-elect Jeff Merkley (D), the Willamette Week newspaper wrote a couple of scathing stories on Smiths business practices at his frozen food pla

Source: Roll Call
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12/16/08
Worst Senate Subcommittee of the Year

Chairman Frank Lautenberg and Ranking Republican Gordon Smith, you should be ashamed of yourselves for repeatedly yawning, texting and staring out the ...

Source: AOL News Newsbloggers, VA
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12/15/08
Record Bipartisan Members of Congress Support Robust International ...

Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), Robert Menendez (DN.J.) and Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), with a majority of Senators signing the letter. In the House, Representatives ...

Source: MarketWatch
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12/15/08
Whither The Future For Oregon GOP?

After all, the GOP’s only statewide office holder, US Senator Gordon Smith, had just lost a brutal re-election campaign. Republicans also lost a slew of ...

Source: OPB News, OR
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12/15/08
2008 Year in Review, Politics

GOP senators who lost their seats included Oregon's Gordon Smith, New Hampshire's John Sununu 1/81/8 suh-NEW-new 3/83/8 and North Carolina's Elizabeth Dole, ...

Source: WTVW, IN
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12/15/08
For New Englanders, ‘cah czah’ position tests their accent

... Ted Stevens and Gordon Smith — don't have corresponding blurbs on their sites. Now, Sen. Larry Craig does — and his office closed up shop Dec. 5. ...

Source: Politico, DC
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12/15/08
First thoughts: Senate brain drain

But the other big cabinet news we learned yesterday is that Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar will be Obama’s pick for Interior. The Salazar news is significant on ...

Source: MSNBC
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12/15/08
Obama's seat sparks committees turf battle

John Sununu of New Hampshire and Gordon Smith of Oregon, sat on the panel, and at least two senators — Republican Sens. Jim DeMint of South Carolina and ...

Source: Politico, DC
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12/15/08
Outgoing Senators write history

Defeated Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) has signed his desk. Retiring Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and defeated Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) had already signed ...

Source: MLive.com, MI
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