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New Merkley TV spot: Jeff Merkley and Gordon Smith Come From Two Very Different Places
May 01, 2008
SALEM, Ore., May 1 -- The campaign of Jeff Merkley, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Oregon, issued the following news release:

Today Jeff Merkley's campaign for U.S. Senate released a new television ad featuring Jeff Merkley talking directly to Oregonians about how he and Gordon Smith come from two very different places. While Gordon Smith inherited a frozen food fortune, Jeff Merkley was raised in Myrtle Creek and Roseburg, the son of a sawmill worker.
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