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Wed, 10/29/2008 - 18:08

DSCC drops $10.2 million in Oregon Senate race, more than doubling NRSC's $4.8 million

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

Both the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee have been big spenders in Oregon this election cycle, according to campaign finance numbers released by the Federal Elections Commission Wednesday.

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Thu, 09/25/2008 - 18:14

DSCC releases two new ads accusing Smith of pushing for privatization

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee released two ads Thursday accusing U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton) of joining President Bush in advocating for privatization of Social Security.

“Gordon Smith wanted to privatize my social security,” a construction worker says in the ad. “Boy, imagine if he had gotten his way.”

Had social security been privatized, the ads say, Oregonians retirement futures would have been put to risk and even lost in the latest financial crisis gripping Wall Street.

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Wed, 09/24/2008 - 15:36

Smith campaign accuses DSCC of sneaking in an attack ad

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

There have been dozens of television ads and web videos releases on both sides of the Jeff Merkley-Gordon Smith battle for the U.S. Senate. The Merkley and Smith campaigns have made some themselves and their respective senatorial campaign committees have thrown a few more into the mix.

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Thu, 09/11/2008 - 16:56

Internal campaign poll shows Merkley ahead

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

An internal poll conducted by Senate candidate Jeff Merkley’s (D-Portland) campaign shows Merkley pulling ahead of U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton), 43-41 percent.

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Wed, 08/27/2008 - 14:23

Schumer: ‘Smith is trying to change who he is’

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton) was trying to change who he is by running ads talking about all the work he had accomplished in tandem with Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and John Kerry.

"Gordon Smith is one of the least popular Republican incumbents," Schumer said. "And he is trying to change who he. He runs more commercials with Barack Obama and John Kerry than he does with George W. Bush and John McCain."

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Wed, 08/20/2008 - 18:45

DSCC releases new ad attacking furniture attack ads

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee released a new television ad Wednesday highlighting newspaper editorials that condemned U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton) for running campaign commercials attacking Oregon House Speaker and U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley (D-Portland). Smith’s campaign has run ads knocking Merkley for his support of the State Capitol remodel that involved buying new furniture.

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Fri, 08/15/2008 - 18:50

DSCC releases new ad attacking Smith for big oil tax breaks

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee released a new ad Friday accusing U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton) of signing onto a few large tax breaks for oil companies.

The ad targets a few pieces of legislation, including most recently the 2005 Energy Bill, a bill that Smith supported along with 14 Democrats, including presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

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Wed, 07/30/2008 - 19:22

DSCC releases new Merkley ad

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

After a hiatus of almost a week, a new ad was released in the Jeff Merkley-Gordon Smith Senate race on Wednesday. This time, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign attempted to tie Smith to Bush administration policies.

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Wed, 07/23/2008 - 17:42

Novick gets kind words from unlikely source

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=2201|title=Former U.S. Senate. candidate Steve Novick|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=200|height=228]WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Senate candidate Steve Novick was the recipient of kind words today from an unlikely source: U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

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Thu, 05/22/2008 - 11:51

DSCC: Smith has 'allegiance to big oil'

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1702|title=U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=none|width=416|height=300]Democrats are keeping up their post-primary charge against Republican U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee shot out a press release this morning accusing Smith of having an "allegiance to big oil."

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