One exception is the Senate race in which Senator Gordon H. Smith, a Republican, decisively beat Bill Bradbury, a Democrat.

In 2008, he became a candidate for Oregon Secretary of State, running to succeed incumbent Bill Bradbury, but lost the Democratic primary to Kate Brown.

For secretary of state, Bill Bradbury, the incumbent, was in a tight race with Lynn Snodgrass, the speaker of the state House.

Once they felt they had evidence, they drafted a letter outlining their case and sent it to Bill Bradbury who was then the Oregon Secretary of State.

"Bill Bradbury, the secretary of state of Oregon, is on the line," he says.

Senator Gordon H. Smith, a Republican, handily defeated Bill Bradbury, a Democrat.

Now under the direction of Bill Bradbury.

Bill Bradbury (born May 29, 1949) is an American politician from the US state of Oregon.

That it was, in fact, almost as though Bill Bradbury had come back from the dead to confront his ill-tempered replacement.

Daughter Ramona has served as the chief clerk for the Oregon House since 1985, while daughter Katy married Bill Bradbury.