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MormonTimes.com: Oregon senator is bipartisan, 'popular'

Published: Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008 12:15 a.m. MDT
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WASHINGTON -- Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith was for the Iraq war before events turned him against it. A key leader in Senate efforts to extend gay rights, Smith supported a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman.

And while he backs fellow Republican John McCain for president, Smith has run ads touting his work with Democrats Barack Obama, John Kerry and even Ted Kennedy.

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I live in Oregon and I'm not going to cast my vote for Sen Smith in...

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