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Parents > United States > Oregon > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline 00, 2008 - 12:00am Central
Polls Open May 20, 2008 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close May 20, 2008 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorInspectorMorse
Last ModifiedRBH October 06, 2024 06:56pm
Data SourcesThe Oregonian [Link]

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Description Oregon SOS [Link]
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/05/2002
NameGordon Smith Votes712,287 (56.21%)
Term01/03/2003 - 01/03/2009 Margin210,389 (+16.60%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameJeff Merkley Votes864,392 (48.90%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2015 Margin59,233 (+3.35%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceOR US Senate 11/04/2008
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
08/02/2007 05/20/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Steve Novick 16 4 1 --
Jeff Merkley 5 3 ----
Pavel Goberman ----1 --
Leaning Call: Steve Novick (65.85%)
Weighted Call: Steve Novick (91.19%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

01/28/2008 05/18/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name Speaker of the House Jeff Merkley Steve Novick Candice "Candy" Neville Roger Obrist Pavel Goberman David Loera (W) Others
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
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Certified Votes 246,482 (44.82%) 230,889 (41.98%) 38,367 (6.98%) 12,647 (2.30%) 12,056 (2.19%) 6,127 (1.11%) 3,398 (0.62%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -15,593 (-2.84%) -208,115 (-37.84%) -233,835 (-42.52%) -234,426 (-42.63%) -240,355 (-43.70%) -243,084 (-44.20%)
Predict Avg.44.11% 36.05% 9.69% 2.72% 11.83% 2.25% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 08/01/2007 04/18/2007 -- -- -- -- --
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MATCHUP POLLS (7 from 4 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg30.33%-- 34.93%-- 5.44%-- 1.50%-- 1.50%-- 1.50%-- 0.00%--
Public Policy Polling 
05/17/08-05/18/08		 33.00% -- 38.00% -- 6.00% -- 1.00% -- 1.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
05/16/08-05/18/08		 34.00% 3.0 37.00% 10.0 7.00% 4.0 2.00% -- 2.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
05/09/08-05/11/08		 31.00% 3.0 27.00% 3.0 11.00% 3.0 2.00% 2.0 2.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% --
DHM Research 
05/08/08-05/10/08		 23.00% -- 29.00% -- 3.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
04/28/08-04/30/08		 28.00% 17.0 30.00% 7.0 8.00% 4.0 4.00% -- 2.00% 1.0 2.00% 4.0 0.00% --
Survey USA 
04/04/08-04/06/08		 11.00% -- 23.00% -- 12.00% -- 4.00% -- 3.00% -- 6.00% -- 0.00% --
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EVENTS
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VIDEO ADVERTISEMENTS
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01/00/2008 Steve Novick TVAd Issue eng A Beer With Steve  00:00:30 RBH 

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
May 20, 2008 01:40am Commentary An Eloquent, Graceful Exit  Article Craverguy 
Apr 26, 2008 04:20pm Endorsement For Democratic Senate nominee: Steve Novick  Article Craverguy 
Apr 17, 2008 10:05pm News Novick's 2nd choice: Frohnmayer  Article Craverguy 
Jul 25, 2007 01:00pm News Merkley to form fund-raising committee for Ore. Senate race  Article WesternDem 
May 18, 2007 01:00pm News [OR Rep] Wu won’t run against [Sen] Smith, either  Article ArmyDem 
May 17, 2007 02:15pm Blog Entry Smith '08: [OR State] Senator Alan Bates "seriously considering"  Article WesternDem 
May 16, 2007 01:05pm Blog Entry Blumenauer: Why I'm Not Running [for OR US Senate]  Article WesternDem 
Apr 20, 2007 02:35pm Announcement DeFazio Will Not Run for Senate  Article Hail to the Rookies 
Apr 18, 2007 01:40pm Blog Entry He's in: Steve Novick takes on Gordon Smith  Article WesternDem 
Apr 09, 2007 10:00am Blog Entry Blumenauer for Senate?  Article WesternDem 
Jan 31, 2007 06:00pm Analysis If I Ran [against Gordon Smith]  Article WesternDem 
Jan 04, 2007 01:00am News [OR] Rep. DeFazio pulls name from 2008 Senate-bid speculations  Article ArmyDem 

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