‘We have to deliver’ – Oregon Democrats in Congress prepare for control – Salem Reporter
On election night, the early returns for a U.S. Senate race in South Carolina caught the attention of U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley as he watched results in Portland.
Darline Graham, the incumbent Republican senator, was expected to have an easy time winning.
But in one of the first stunners of the night, Democrat Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, was running ahead and would eventually win.
Merkley, running for reelection himself, said Democrats “did not expect at…
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