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Saying he was retiring from politics, Mr. Gorton resumed his law practice in Seattle. But he ran again in 1988 when Washington’s other senator, Daniel J. Evans, a former governor, decided to retire.
Brock Adams, former congressman and Jimmy Carter’s transportation secretary, edged him by 26,000 votes. Gorton retreated home, assuming he was done in politics.
SEATTLE (AP) — Slade Gorton, a patrician and cerebral politician who served as a U. S. Senate Republican leader before he was ousted by the growing Seattle-area liberal electorate in 2000, has died.
Former three-term Republican U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton, whose 40 years in public service made him a towering figure in Washington politics and whose stance on some environmental issues and tribal ...
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