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Oregon Hot Seat

August 14, 2013

Ley Garnett reports on the two candidates vying for Bob Packwood’s recently vacated Oregon Senate seat: Democratic congressman Ron Wyden, and Republican state senator Gordon Smith. The politics of logging and pollution are heating up as Oregonians decide the future of their leaders’ careers.

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Sen. Smith and incumbent Merkley running neck-and-neck in Oregon Senate race

August 14, 2013Global Politics

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