So the new Oregon Republican Chairman, Bob Tiernan, has been out and about talking up the idea of former GOP Sen. Gordon Smith making a comeback by running against Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden in 2010.

Wyden and Smith served together representing Oregon in the U.S. Senate for 12 years. Sen. Ron Wyden and former Sen. Gordon Smith appeared on Straight Talk. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ...

In January of 1996, then-Rep. Ron Wyden narrowly defeated Oregon Senate President Gordon Smith in a bruising race to fill the Senate seat vacated by Sen. Bob Packwood, who resigned following a sex ...

UPDATE: Under pressure from Sen. Ron Wyden, the campaign of Sen. Gordon Smith has reworked its ad to remove Wyden's signature. It's easy to see why the Smith folks didn't fight that one; opponents ...

It looks like Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and former Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., will once again be in the same arena, this time fighting over television advertising and campaign finance rules.

Two big votes in the Senate Wednesday that received a lot of attention. The Democratic netroots are pointing to the Senate's passage of a bill granting wider surveillance powers to the government ...

PORTLAND - Hydrogen cars, nanotechnology and a steady supply of cheap Northwest power are among the measures that U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith plan to support in the ...

Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., is not done appealing to voters outside his GOP base. On Thursday he announced that he is endorsing Sen. Ron Wyden's sweeping legislation to provide universal health ...

“I would describe Ron as a principled liberal with a keen understanding of the requirement of pragmatism to get anything done,” said Gordon Smith, the conservative Republican Wyden beat in the ...

WASHINGTON -- Oregon Sens. Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden were among the 26 senators who =00046">voted</a> Tuesday against closing off debate on a federal budget bill.</p><p>Wyden was the only ...

Oregon's senators Democrat Ron Wyden and Republican Gordon Smith told a South Coast audience Tuesday they want to set a national example by setting a bipartisan agenda for the 107th ...

Oregon Sens. Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden have secured federal funding for the Port of Umatilla to receive a $500,000 grant to build a new biodiesel refining plant.