Winners

Losers

Kurt Schrader

Winning endorsements from the Statesman Journal and the conservative leaning Farm Bureau, the road to Congress is well paved for this Democrat.

Bill Sizemore

The tax activist finds himself in court once again for allegedly violating a court order barring him from using a tax-exempt charitable organiztion for political purposes.

Dave Kim

He surprised Senate Democrats by winning the GOP write-in nomination and now he's considered a serious challenge to incumbent Democrat Laurie Monnes Anderson.

FuturePAC

Using campaign tactics that most Democrats claim to admonish, the House caucus fundraising organization needs to do more fact checking before sending out mailers against incumbent Rep. Scott Brunn.

Jeff Merkley

The Rothenberg Report moved the US Senate race out of the "toss-up" category and bumped it up into the "lean takeover" status.

Mike Erickson

Making yet another appearance on the loser's list, the Republican congressional candidate fails to even show up for an editorial board meeting for the largest newspaper in the district he so desparately wants to represent.

Sarah Palin

With nowhere to go but up, the Alaska governor surpassed all the pundit's expectations by holding her own in Veep debate against Senator Joe Biden.

Ted Kulongoski

The governor got caught in a fib by claiming to be a parishioner of Queen of Peace Catholic Church when he has not attended in at least two years.

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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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