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Politicians in Radio and Television Broadcasting in Oregon

Bill Bradbury — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore.; Salem, Marion County, Ore. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Democrat. Television news reporter, director and producer; member of Oregon state house of representatives, 1981-85; member of Oregon state senate, 1985-95; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1996, 2008; secretary of state of Oregon, 1999-2003; candidate for U.S. Senator from Oregon, 2002; member of Democratic National Committee from Oregon, 2008. Still living as of 2008.   Rodney Dennis Chandler (b. 1942) — also known as Rod D. Chandler — of Bellevue, King County, Wash.; Aurora, Adams County, Colo. Born in La Grande, Union County, Ore., July 13, 1942. Republican. Television reporter; public relations consultant; member of Washington state house of representatives, 1974-82; U.S. Representative from Washington 8th District, 1983-93; candidate for U.S. Senator from Washington, 1992. Still living as of 2014.   Relatives: Second great-grandnephew of Zachariah Chandler.   Political families: Chandler-Hale family of Portland, Maine; Woodbury-Holden family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Starkweather-Pendleton family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Thomas Lawson McCall (1913-1983) — also known as Tom McCall — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore.; Salem, Marion County, Ore. Born in Egypt, Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass., March 22, 1913. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1954; secretary of state of Oregon, 1965-67; Governor of Oregon, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1972 (delegation chair). Radio and television commentator. Died January 8, 1983 (age 69 years, 292 days). Interment at Redmond Memorial Cemetery, Redmond, Ore.; statue erected 2008 at Riverfront Park, Salem, Ore.   Relatives: Grandson of Samuel Walker McCall.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier   Gordon Harold Smith (b. 1952) — also known as Gordon Smith — of Lake Oswego, Clackamas County, Ore. Born in Pendleton, Umatilla County, Ore., May 25, 1952. Republican. Chief executive officer, Smith Frozen Foods; member of Oregon state senate, 1992-97; U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1997-2009; president, National Association of Broadcasters, 2009. Mormon. Still living as of 2014.   Relatives: Son of Jessica (Udall) Smith and Milan Dale Smith; brother of Milan Dale Smith Jr.; married 1975 to Sharon Lankford; nephew of Lee Kenyon Udall; grandson of Jesse Addison Udall; grandnephew of John Hunt Udall, Levi Stewart Udall and Don Taylor Udall; great-grandson of David King Udall; second great-grandson of John Doyle Lee; third great-grandson of Jefferson Hunt; first cousin once removed of John Nicholas Udall, Stewart Lee Udall, Morris King Udall and Rex Edwin Lee; double second cousin of Thomas Stewart Udall and Mark E. Udall; second cousin of Michael Shumway Lee.   Political family: Udall family of Arizona.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile   Glen Stadler (b. 1911) — of Eugene, Lane County, Ore. Born in 1911. Democrat. Member of Oregon state senate, 1957-59, 1963-67; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1964; owner of radio stations. Burial location unknown.   William E. Walsh (b. 1903) — of Coos Bay, Coos County, Ore. Born in Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y., January 29, 1903. Republican. Lawyer; Coos County District Attorney, 1931-33; member of Oregon state senate, 1941-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1952 (member, Credentials Committee; speaker); co-owner, Radio Station KWRO, Coquille, Ore. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Elks; Phi Delta Theta. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William E. Walsh and Mary (Schneider) Walsh; married, August 5, 1932, to Marian Kardell.

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