2008 United States Senate election in Oregon
Gordon Smith Republican Jeff Merkley Democratic The 2008 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 4, 2008.Of those, Jeff Merkley, then Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives was considered to be the most likely to challenge Smith due to rumors that he had been in talks with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC).[8] Around the same time, State Senator Alan Bates from Jackson County was reported to be contemplating running for the Democratic nomination.The critique drew noticeably negative reactions from the crowd and Merkley won a straw poll at the summit, 103 to 50 for Novick."[11] By the end of November 2007, six Democratic candidates had filed papers to run for the seat: Novick, Merkley, real estate agent Candy Neville of Eugene, retired mental health counselor David Loera of Salem, retired construction worker Roger Obrist of Damascus, and perennial candidate Pavel Goberman of Beaverton.
Jeff Merkley
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50–55%45–50%40–45%35–40%30–35%
Steve Novick
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50–55%45–50%40–45%
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