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Kulongoski Administration

Governor Kulongoski's team received high praise for its quick and decisive response to flood disaster victims. Do we hear FEMA jobs opening up in the next administration?

Gordon Smith

Senator Gordon Smith pulls his own Trent Lott stunt on the senate floor calling Lott's 2002 racist comments made on behalf of then retiring Senator Strom Thurmond "misconstrued."

Bryan Johnston

Settling what could have been Oregon's own Elian Gonzolez fiasco, interim chief of child welfare Bryan Johnston negotiated a deal to keep Gabriel Allred in the state, preventing a lengthy court battle and winning the hearts of Oregonians.

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November 21, 2008

"One of the great surprises of my career came, however, when I discovered that my new colleague, Gordon Smith, was as thoughtful and kind and decent outside the political arena as he was tough and competitive inside the political arena."

- U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D) during a farewell speech Thursday in praise of U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R), who was defeated by Senator-elect Jeff Merkley (D).

-The Oregonian
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