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, bitterly fought battle with Smith, who has ...
OR-Sen: Gordon Smith Attacks Third Party Candidate
openleft.com 10/29/2008 — Down between five and seven points in the polls to Jeff Merkley in a state beset by the Obama tsunami, Republican Gordon Smith is resorting to... attacking his third party rival Dave Brownlow.
Here's Smith defending his approach.
Brownlow ...
OR-Sen: Close to closing this one out
dailykos.com 11/1/2008 — Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 10/27-29. Likely voters. MoE 4% ( 10/14-15 results) Smith (R) 42 (41) Merkley (D) 48 (47) Already voted (39 percent) Smith (R) 39 Merkley (D) 53 The bulk of the undecideds -- 8 percent of 11 percent still ...
Waiting on Multnomah County, Tim Hibbits still says it's Merkley
blueoregon.com 11/5/2008 — 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% ...
Let’s Make Sure We Keep it Clean in Oregon, Shall We?
themoderatevoice.com 11/5/2008 — 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 ...
BREAKING: Oregonian calls it for Jeff Merkley
blueoregon.com 11/6/2008 — We win! We win!
The Oregonian has declared a winner in the U.S. Senate election: Your new Senator-elect is Jeff Merkley.
The latest numbers - both here at BlueOregon and at the Oregonian :
691,501 Jeff Merkley
591,119 Gordon Smith
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Oregon Senate Final —
Newshoggers.com
By Ron Beasley
As I noted below Democrat Jeff Merkley has defeated Republican incumbent Gordon Smith in the Oregon Senate Race. Smith had led until early this afternoon until the votes from the populous and largely Democratic counties in the North West corner of the state. While ...
Oregon's Largest Paper Calls Senate Race for Merkley —
News
The Portland Oregonian, Oregon's largest newspaper, has called the Senate race in favor of Democratic candidate Jeff Merkley.
The Associated Press and other news organizations have not made the call.
The Oregonian notes that incumbent GOP Sen. Gordon Smith's campaign is still arguing "vigorously ...
Ore. Senate Race May Not Be Decided until November —
News
If the votes stay close in Oregon’s Senate race, the winner may not be known until December, the state’s Elections Division office said Wednesday.
GOP incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith remains tied with Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley at 47 percent even as of mid-afternoon on the West Coast, with ...
Oregon Senate Race Update —
Newshoggers.com
By Ron Beasley
Oregon's Senate race between incumbent Republican Gordon Smith and Democrat Jeff Merkley is still too close to call. Smith leads by just under 2000 votes at 3:00PM PST with 74% of the vote counted. Most of the remaining ballots are from heavily Democratic ...
OR-Sen: Gordon Smith is Going to Lose —
Swing State Project
SurveyUSA (10/29-30, likely voters, 10/25-26 in parens):
Jeff Merkley (D) : 49 (49)
Gordon Smith (R-inc) : 42 (42)
Dave Brownlow (C) : 5 (5)
(MoE: ±3.8%)
Last summer, I had an informal phone conversation with someone fairly high up on the food chain over at the DSCC (which, I assure you, ...
Poll Shows Merkley with Solid Lead in Oregon —
News
A Democratic poll out Friday on the Oregon U.S. Senate race shows challenger Jeff Merkley with a comfortable lead over GOP incumbent Gordon Smith, although the poll contrasts with others that show the race closer.
The Public Policy Polling survey of 1,424 likely voters shows Merkley ahead of ...
OR-Sen: Merkley on Brink of Defeating Smith —
Swing State Project
Public Policy Polling (10/28-30, likely voters):
Jeff Merkley (D) : 51
Gordon Smith (R-inc) : 43
Dave Brownlow (C) : 4
(MoE: ±2.6%)
Those are beautiful numbers, but these are even better: 59% of likely voters have filled in their ballots so far, and of that group, Merkley is ahead by ...
Merkley Wins Oregon Senate Seat —
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
According to the Portland Oregonian , Jeff Merkley (D) has defeated Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR). Democrats have now picked up six Senate seats this election cycle, including knocking off three Republican incumbents. There are three seats -- in Minnesota, Georgia and Alaska -- are still ...
Jeff Merkley Wins! One More in the Senate —
Firedoglake
Jeff Merkley
Per the Oregonian, Merkley has won a squeaker, 691,501 to 691,119 . Yes, sometimes your vote does matter. This is the end of Gordon Smith, whose entire campaign basically consisted of insisting "no, no, I'm not really a Republican. Honest!"
Senate Races Update: And Then There Were Three —
Weekly Standard Blog
A sizable chunk of the vote in the Oregon Senate race between Republican incumbent Gordon Smith and Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley has not yet been counted, but The Oregonian is calling the race for Merkley. Though Merkley only holds a lead of 2,000 votes, most of the uncounted votes are ...
OR-Sen: Maybe Northwesterners Just Count Slowly? —
Daily Kos
Just like WA-08, it's still a squeaker in Oregon, tied at 47 , but Smith has a lead of some 3,400 votes. But , the remaining ballots to be counted are primarily in heavily Democratic Multnomah (Portland) and Lane (Eugene) counties. That's about 32% of the total vote still out there. Sources ...
Late Night Downticket Blogging —
Comments from Left Field
Yes, a historic night with Obama’s magnificient win. Yet, we still have some big races yet to be determined. Here’s where we are now and I’ll be running updates in the comments section.
The Good News
Merkley leads Smith for the Oregon Senate seat by 11,000 votes with 41% ...
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