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Parents > United States > Oregon > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline 00, 2008 - 12:00am
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorInspectorMorse
Last ModifiedRBH January 06, 2018 05:20pm
Data Sources[Link]


Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/05/2002
NameGordon Smith Votes712,287 (56.21%)
Term01/03/2003 - 01/03/2009 Margin210,389 (+16.60%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
May 20, 2008 OR US Senate - D Primary Jeff Merkley
May 20, 2008 OR US Senate - R Primary Gordon Smith
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 9.8888998032 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Gordon Smith
Safe 1
Lean 11
Slight 9
Jeff Merkley
Strong 1
Lean 5
Slight 42
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

07/07/2007 11/01/2008

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Speaker of the House Jeff Merkley (I) Sen. Gordon Smith Dave Brownlow (W) Write-In
PartyDemocratic Republican Constitution Nonpartisan
Votes864,392 (48.91%) 805,159 (45.55%) 92,565 (5.24%) 5,388 (0.31%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -59,233 (-3.35%) -771,827 (-43.67%) -859,004 (-48.60%)
Predict Avg.48.11% 47.33% 3.40% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
YouGov 
10/18-11/01		 44.00% (+0.0) 43.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
10/30-10/30		 49.00% (+2.0) 46.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Public Policy Polling 
10/28-10/30		 51.00% (+0.0) 43.00% (+0.0) 4.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/29-10/30		 49.00% (+0.0) 42.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/25-10/26		 49.00% (+3.0) 42.00% (+1.0) 5.00% (-2.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Riley Research Associates (R) 
10/10-10/20		 36.00% (+17.0) 35.00% (-3.0) 4.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
I E Pluribus Unum
SD BippidiBoppetyBoob
  Blue America
  Just Out
R ...
  Blue Mountain (OR) Eagle
  Baker City (OR) Herald
  Coos Bay World

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 14, 2008 05:55pm Commentary In Oregon, Rival Candidate Rides Democratic Wave   Article RP 
Sep 17, 2008 03:00pm Investigation Señor Smith, Part Dos   Article RP 
Aug 13, 2008 04:00pm Announcement Gordon Smith won't be a McCain leader in Oregon  Article RP 
Jul 31, 2008 12:00pm Advertisement Republican Smith cites another Democrat in new ad  Article RP 
Jun 10, 2008 01:00pm News Frohnmayer drops out of Ore. Senate race  Article ArmyDem 
Apr 10, 2008 09:30am News Parties Debate Smith’s Independence on Oregon Senate Trail  Article ArmyDem 

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