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WASHINGTON. Defeated in his re-election bid two years ago, Republican Slade Gorton believed his political career was over. Reincarnation took place when Republican Dan Evans decided to retire. Ousted because he paid little attention to constituents and traded his vote on a controversial judicial nomination, Gorton this year has been conducting "listening tours" of the state. His chances benefited from an expensive primary battle won by Democratic Representative Mike Lowry, who was promptly hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer...
...incumbent, Slade Gorton of Washington, probably wished Reagan had stayed home. When the President visited Washington in October, Gorton was already suffering from bad publicity resulting from his agreement to trade his vote for a favor from the Justice Department in the Dan Manion appointment hearings...
...reminded of Dukakis as I watched first term Sen. Slade Gorton(R-Wash.) go down to defeat on Tuesday night. Gorton is earnest, straight and wants to do it right. He is honest to a fault, it appears...
...kind of deal, of compromise, that legislators make all the time. What was unusual was that old honest Slade ackowledged that he had done it. It was his admitting to the deal rather than making it that seemed to do him in. If he had simply said there was no deal, it undoubtedly would have been less of a problem...
Former Secretary of the Transportation Brock Adams beat incumbent Republican Senator Slade Gorton, who lost support this summer after he traded his vote to support the nomination of Federal Judge Daniel Mannion...