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Sen. Gordon Smith calls to concede to Jeff Merkley - ...
oregonlive.com - 11/6/2008
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Democrat Jeff Merkley has ousted Republican Gordon Smith
from his U.S. Senate seat, The Oregonian projects. Merkley,...
a five-term state lawmaker and former Habitat for Humanity director, took advantage of a surge of Democratic support to win a close, ...
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Projection: Jeff Merkley will defeat Gordon Smith in ...
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Waiting on Multnomah County, Tim Hibbits still says it's Merkley
BlueOregon —
As of 9:45 a.m., the latest count has Gordon Smith leading by 11,000 votes.
But just about every county is upwards of 95+% completed - except Multnomah, with 47% counted; Lane, with 46% counted; Benton with 74% counted; Clackamas, with 62% counted ; Deschutes, with 64% counted.
Oregon pollster Tim Hibbits called it last night for Fox 12, and he's standing by his call:
Hibbitts said this morning that he expects the remaining 190,000 Multnomah County will tip the race in Merkley's favor.
"If you look at the composition of the voter ...
Schumer, DSCC Predict Victory In Tight Oregon Race
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... On Thursday, the Oregonian quoted a respected local pollster standing by his election-night prediction that Merkley would pull out a victory. "I still think Merkley is going to win," Oregon pollster Tim Hibbitts said. "But it's going to be tight, and a lot tighter than I thought it was going to be. We shall see." ...
Schumer, DSCC Predict Victory In Tight Oregon Race
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... On Thursday, the Oregonian quoted a respected local pollster standing by his election-night prediction that Merkley would pull out a victory. "I still think Merkley is going to win," Oregon pollster Tim Hibbitts said. "But it's going to be tight, and a lot tighter than I thought it was going to be. We shall see." ...
OR-Sen: Maybe Northwesterners Just Count Slowly?
Daily Kos —
... Long time politics watcher and pollster Tim Hibbits--the most reliable of the state's pollsters is standing by his prediction of a Merkley win. ...
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Jeff Merkley pulls it out in Oregon —
Crooks and Liars
It was looking grim early last night for Jeff Merkley in his race to unseat Republican Sen. Gordon Smith of Oregon, but that was mostly because the Multnomah and Lane counties hadn't been counted much yet. Those counties started coming in this afternoon and evening, and the trend is so strong in ...
Stealing Oregon? —
GayPatriot
It looks like the Democrats will do anything to get a filibuster proof Senate. Now comes word of “ strange goings on in Portland, Oregon :”
the press are being asked to leave the building where the ballots from yesterday’s election are stored. The Democratic officials in ...
Let’s Make Sure We Keep it Clean in Oregon, Shall We? —
The Moderate Voice
Matt Lewis of Town Hall has caught wind of some questionable activity out in Oregon, where the tight, contested Senate race between Jeff Merkley and Gordon Smith is going to a recount this week.
I’m hearing that there are some strange goings on in Portland, Oregon today. Apparently, the ...
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