俄勒冈州参议员选举：美联社宣布默克利胜选连任
美联社11月3日晚宣布，民主党现任联邦参议员 Jeff Merkley 赢得俄勒冈州联邦参议员选举，击败共和党候选人、州参议员 David Brock Smith，赢得第四个任期。俄勒冈州位于美国西北部太平洋沿岸，州府为 Salem。
美联社结果页快照显示，全州1,318个选区中已有615个报告结果，约占46.66%，估计已计票约46.69%；Merkley 得票559,198张，Smith 得票345,272张，Chris Henry 得票16,174张，Gary Dye 得票7,527张，另有海选票643张。计票仍在继续，上述票数为非官方数字，最终结果以州选举部门认证为准。
Merkley 于2008年首次当选联邦参议员，此后连任至今；Smith 是 Port Orford 选出的州参议员，去年秋天联邦政府停摆期间决定参选。Merkley 胜选后，俄勒冈州的两个联邦参议员席位继续由民主党持有。
（来源：美联社）
Oregon Senate Election: AP Calls Race for Merkley, Who Wins Re-election
The Associated Press called Oregon's U.S. Senate race on the evening of November 3 for Democratic incumbent Senator Jeff Merkley, who defeated Republican state Senator David Brock Smith to win a fourth term. Oregon is on the Pacific coast in the northwestern United States, and its capital is Salem.
The AP results page showed 615 of the state's 1,318 precincts reporting, about 46.66%, with an estimated 46.69% of votes counted; Merkley had 559,198 votes to Smith's 345,272, followed by Chris Henry with 16,174 and Gary Dye with 7,527, plus 643 write-in votes. Counting is continuing; the figures are unofficial and final results are subject to certification by state election officials.
Merkley was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2008 and has held the seat since; Smith, a state senator from Port Orford, decided to run last fall during the federal government shutdown. With Merkley's win, Democrats continue to hold both of Oregon's U.S. Senate seats.
(Source: Associated Press)
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图片来源：图：位于 Salem 的俄勒冈州议会大厦，塔顶为金色「俄勒冈先锋」像。照片：M.O. Stevens，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Oregon State Capitol in Salem, topped by the gold Oregon Pioneer statue. Photo by M.O. Stevens, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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