Producer: Dixon-Davis Media Group
Running Time: 00:30
Debut Date: 05/01/2008
Ad Buy: statewide in Oregon
Cost: not available
Summary: Merkley highlights his working-class upbringing and his plans to bring jobs to Oregon.
Script of "Places" (TV)
(Text on screen: Jeff Merkley; Raised in Myrtle Creek)
JEFF MERKLEY: My dad was a logger, a millworker -- in Myrtle Creek and Roseburg. Always worked with his hands. So Gordon Smith and I come from two very different places.
ANNOUNCER [v/o]: As U.S. senator, Merkley will fight to end trade deals that ship our jobs overseas and billion-dollar bailouts for the oil companies at a time of record-high gas prices.
(Text on screen: Protecting our jobs; New jobs)
Merkley has a plan to create quality jobs with the child care and health benefits we can count on.
JEFF MERKLEY: I'm Jeff Merkley, and I approve this message.
(Text on screen: Democrat for U.S. Senate; The Change We Need; Paid For By Jeff Merkley For Oregon)
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