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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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Dem Jeff Merkley To Declare Victory Over GOP Senator Gordon Smith
TPM Election Central —
... while to get this race counted because of Oregon's mail-in vote system, but it's now very clear that almost all the outstanding ballots are from Dem strongholds that Merkley has been winning handily -- and he's already up on Smith by a few points in the count as it is.
This brings the Democrats to a gain of six Senate seats so far, with three GOP-held races still up in the air. The Dems now have 57 Senate seats, counting Joe Lieberman.
Late Update: Gordon Smith has conceded the election.
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Gordon Smith Concedes
Newshoggers.com —
... By Ron Beasley
Oregon Republican Senator Gordon Smith has conceded to Democrat Jeff Merkley. Republican Gordon Smith, who has represented Oregon in the U.S. Senate for the last 12 years, this morning called Jeff Merkley, his Democratic challenger, to concede their race.
Jon Isaacs, an aide to Merkley, said that Smith called Merkley about 8:40 a.m. to concede the hard-fought race, which came down to a few thousand votes. Isaacs described the conversation between the two men as "very cordial." It would ...
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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.
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 11/6/2008 — (CNN) — Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith has conceded defeat to Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley in his re-election bid, CNN has confirmed.
Smith personally called Merkley earlier Thursday to concede the race, according to Merkley spokeswoman Julie ...
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Jeff Merkley for U.S. Senate, Oregon.
jeffmerkley.com 10/25/2008 — An Important Message About Jeff Merkley from Barack Obama Senator Barack Obama is delivering an important message to all Oregonians about Jeff Merkley, candidate for U.S. Senate. In a new television ad from the Merkley campaign, Senator Obama says ...
OR-Sen: Gordon Smith Attacks Third Party Candidate
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Obama go to to White House next week —
CNN Political Ticker 11/6/2008
Bush said a smooth transition is his priority.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush will meet President-elect Obama "early next week," he Bush vowed that he will keep a promise to "sprint to the finish" of his administration, which ends with ...
Bush: Economic challenges await new president —
Reuters: Politics 11/6/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Thursday the United States faces economic challenges that "will not pause" to let a new president settle into the job, as he promised to work for an orderly transfer of power to Democrat Barack ...
Computers of Obama, McCain campaigns hacked —
CNN Political Ticker 11/6/2008
Computers at the headquarters of the Obama and McCain campaigns were hacked CNN confirms.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Computers at the headquarters of the Barack Obama and John McCain campaigns were hacked in mid-summer by a foreign government or ...
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