S001142 1952-05-25 5160 Gordon 'smith':2,4,6 'gordon':1,3,5 M 300090 Smith Gordon_Smith Harold Gordon Smith 1881 N00007815 7263 Republican Latter Day Saints Gordon Smith 3.71428571428571 300090 Person republican Mon Dec 29 17:21:21 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 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 'new':24 'rep':41 'tom':42 '2008':6 'best':2 'blue':15 'cycl':10 'john':21 'mayb':32 'norm':30 'post':48 'allen':43,44 'elect':9 'never':37 'senat':3,13 'smith':27 'speci':20 'state':16 'collin':35 'endang':19 'gordon':26 'oregon':29 'sununu':22 'coleman':31 'serious':38 'campaign':4 'challeng':39 'hampshir':25 'minnesota':34 'republican':12 'washington':47 3859056 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=51884c5963df9805db623d47ed372c2b 300090 Person republican Mon Dec 29 17:21:09 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 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, ... '4':22 'job':6 'may':9 'nov':21 'two':25 'fact':14 'term':26 'elect':3 'focus':4 'senat':2 'smith':19 'still':10 'gordon':18 'incumb':27 'observ':34 'trounc':17 'merkley':8 'process':12 'although':7 'outspent':31 'portland':33 'signific':30 'two-term':24 'republican':28 'senator-elect':1 3859054 true true google news Portland Observer, OR OK http://www.portlandobserver.com/story.asp?record=9252&section=Features 300090 Person republican Mon Dec 29 17:21:10 -0600 2008 Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0600 2008 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 ... 'us':11 'bid':19 'mix':4 'sen':12 '2008':2 'hous':26 'jeff':28 'leav':30 'term':23 'elect':35 'smith':14 'third':22 'upset':16 'gordon':13 'oregon':1,25,31 'tragic':7 'kgw.com':39 'merkley':29 'offbeat':10 'speaker':27 'statewid':34 'republican':36 3859055 true true google news kgw.com, OR OK http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_122808_news_oregon_yearender.15d104b9.html 300090 Person republican Sun Dec 28 00:45:35 -0600 2008 Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0600 2008 BY CHRISTY GEORGE Oregon Senator Gordon Smith was among several Republicans who got campaign contributions from the family of a Brooklyn developer President ... 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The contributions "might create an appeara 'gop':17 'new':46 'rep':29 'sen':12,24,35 'bush':1 'eric':30 'john':13 'last':22 'norm':36 'race':21 'york':47 'creat':43 'might':42 'month':23 'smith':26 'three':16 'tight':20 'candid':18 'cantor':31 'gordon':25 'mccain':14 'nomine':11 'oregon':28 'pardon':3 'appeara':45 'coleman':37 'develop':6 'newsday':48 'brooklyn':5 'virginia':33 'withdraw':2 'contribut':7,41 'minnesota':39 'presidenti':10 'republican':9 3812193 true true daylife New York Newsday http://www.newsday.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nynewsday/news/local/longisland/~3/AqJzxIDlV9M/ny-uspardon1225,0,1959115.story 300090 Person senator Thu Dec 25 13:20:34 -0600 2008 Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ...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 '2':18,50 'r':33,39 '15':15 'mn':34 're':25 '300':19,51 'ahn':11 'day':43 'new':6 'sen':29 'two':56 'also':48 'bush':1 'made':17,49 'news':62 'norm':30 'r-mn':32 'r-or':38 'real':8 'york':7 'donat':20 'elect':26 'estat':9 'laura':47 'octob':14 'senat':57 'smith':37 'gordon':36 'mother':46 'pardon':4 'robert':16 'toussi':44 'coleman':31 'develop':10 'headlin':61 'campaign':12,27 're-elect':24 'withdraw':2 'contribut':52,59 'presidenti':3 3821063 true true daylife All Headline News http://www.allheadlinenews.com/ OK http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7013520881 300090 Person sen\. Fri Dec 26 00:31:56 -0600 2008 Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ...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 'o':47 '40':14 '000':15 'cnn':48 'rep':31 'say':44 'sen':18,22,26 '2008':8 'base':46 'bush':4 'dana':38 'eric':32 'hous':35 'issu':40 'john':19 'norm':23 'donat':12 'press':36 'smith':28 'white':34 'abound':2 'almost':13 'cantor':33 'father':11 'gordon':27 'mccain':20 'oregon':25 'pardon':6 'perino':39 'toussi':9 'arizona':17 'coleman':24 'question':1 'virginia':30 'withdraw':5 'minnesota':21 'secretari':37 'statement':42 'wednesday':43 3824522 true true daylife CNN http://www.cnn.com/ OK http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/mbkdXpmtius/index.html 300090 Person republican Sun Dec 28 00:45:38 -0600 2008 Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ... victories strike Oregon and national politics as agriculture lost some long-time supporters, including two-term Oregon Republican Sen. Gordon Smith. ... 'key':3 'sen':29 'two':25 'help':6 'long':20 'lost':17 'term':26 'time':21 'year':8 'capit':32 'polit':14 'press':33 'retir':1 'shape':7 'smith':31 'driver':5 'gordon':30 'includ':23 'nation':13 'oregon':11,27 'polici':4 'strike':10 'support':22 'victori':9 'long-tim':19 'two-term':24 'subscript':34 'agricultur':16 'republican':28 3842083 true true google news Capital Press (subscription), OR OK http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=619&ArticleID=47374&TM=85593.16 300090 Person democrat Thu Dec 25 00:30:34 -0600 2008 Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ...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 '1':3 '4':16,26 '15':37 '19':5 'al':49 '600':17,27 'gop':20 'oct':36 'sen':21,31 'bush':1 'gave':15 'issu':8 'lock':40 'lost':53 'norm':22 'race':46 'anoth':25 'smith':33,52 'still':44 'gordon':32 'novemb':55 'oregon':29 'pardon':6 'address':11 'coleman':23,38 'franken':50 'tuesday':9 'undecid':45 'democrat':48,56 'withdraw':2 'minnesota':19 'republican':30 'underground':57 'still-undecid':43 3812196 true true daylife Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com/ OK http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3658787 300090 Person republican Sun Dec 28 00:45:36 -0600 2008 Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Between them, they gave $4600 to Minnesota GOP Sen. Norm Coleman and another $4600 to Oregon Republican Sen. Gordon Smith, all on Oct. 15. ... '15':32 'gop':16 'man':5 'oct':31 'sen':17,26 '4600':13,22 'coal':1 'gave':12 'norm':18 'anoth':21 'press':35 'revok':8 'smith':28 'associ':34 'gordon':27 'oregon':24 'pardon':7 'coleman':19 'brooklyn':4 'christma':3 'minnesota':15 'republican':25 3842079 true true google news The Associated Press OK http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gNbZJtwBki4XVeyI-6zGGYgDJZBAD959KBK80 300090 Person sen\. Wed Dec 31 01:11:46 -0600 2008 Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0600 2008 He has a criminal history dating back 10 years, which includes a 2006 criminal mischief conviction for breaking a large window at a downtown Portland building that housed U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith's offices. Numerous calls to the Pentagon ... '10':18 'fed':1 'man':4 'sen':40 'u.s':39 '2006':23 'back':17 'bomb':6 'call':46 'case':7 'date':16 'hous':38 'larg':30 'news':9,51 'year':19 'accus':2 'break':28,50 'build':36 'numer':45 'offic':44 'smith':42 'crimin':14,24 'gordon':41 'impact':52 'includ':21 'oregon':10 'window':31 'convict':26 'histori':15 'downtown':34 'mischief':25 'pentagon':49 'portland':3,8,35 'oregonian':54 3873094 false true google blog Breaking News Impact - The Oregonian -... http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/ OK http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2008/12/feds_accuse_portland_man_in_bo.html 300090 Person congress Wed Dec 31 01:11:50 -0600 2008 Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Gordon Smith Ted Stevens Wayne Allard Michelle Bachmann Lincoln Chafee Chuck Hagel John Warner John Sununu (the younger) Pete Domenici Heather Wilson Elizabeth Dole Norm Coleman Jim Gilmore Fred Thompson Tommy Thompson Rudy Giuliani ... 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And of course, there was a change at the top this year, as Barack Obama ended eight years of Republican rule in the White House. ... 'end':37 'sen':7 'top':31 'u.s':6 'way':17 '2008':4 'back':2 'hous':46 'jeff':20 'look':1 'make':16 'news':50 'rule':42 'well':15 'year':33,39 'chang':28 'cours':24 'eight':38 'obama':36 'smith':9 'white':45 'barack':35 'defeat':11 'gordon':8 'novemb':13 'review':49 'longtim':5 'merkley':21 'clackama':48 'democrat':19 'republican':41 3873095 false true google blog The Clackamas Review - News http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/index.php OK http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=123065907045929200 300090 Person democrat Tue Dec 30 14:03:00 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Coming in third was the defeat of long time Oregon senator Republican Gordon Smith by a basically unknown Democrat, Jeff Merkley. Smith was considered untouchable at the beginning of 2008 but was swept away in the nationwide sea of ... 'sea':47 'ten':6 'top':5 '2008':9,39 'away':43 'come':10 'jeff':29 'long':17 'time':18 'basic':26 'begin':37 'senat':20 'smith':23,31 'stori':7 'swept':42 'third':12 'consid':33 'defeat':15 'gordon':22 'oregon':3,19 'merkley':30 'unknown':27 'untouch':34 'democrat':28 'portland':2 'nationwid':46 'republican':21 'thedahnreport':1,49 3867944 false true google blog TheDahnReport http://thedahnreport.blogspot.com/ OK http://thedahnreport.blogspot.com/2008/12/portland-oregons-top-ten-stories-of.html 300090 Person sen\. Wed Dec 31 01:11:46 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Evan Bayh (IN), Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Sen. Saxby Chambliss (GA), Sen. Tom Coburn (OK), Sen. Norm Coleman (MN), Sen. Susan Collins (ME), Sen. Judd Gregg (NH), Sen. Joe Lieberman (CT), Sen. Ben Nelson (NE), Sen. Gordon Smith (OR), Sen. ... 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Home Nature Report. 5 days ago. Carl Nemo's blog | Capitol Hill Blue · Seasons Greetings... 5 days ago. Oregon Senator Gordon Smith ... '5':22,28,41 '·':38 'ago':24,30,43 'art':20 'bit':15 'day':23,29,42 'blog':34 'blue':37 'carl':31 'hill':36 'home':25 'nemo':32 'cheek':14 'greet':40 'natur':26 'senat':45 'smith':47 'tongu':12 'world':21 'beirut':2 'gordon':46 'oregon':44 'report':27 'season':39 'capitol':35 'guidanc':17 'protest':3 'support':5 'geezerpow':1,48 'palestinian':7 'not-so-tongue-in-cheek':9 3873097 false true google blog GEEZERPOWER http://mosnas2.blogspot.com/ OK http://mosnas2.blogspot.com/2008/12/beirut-protest-in-support-of.html