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Thomas Slade Gorton III (born January 8 1928 ) is an American politician. A Republican , he was a U.S. Senator from Washington State from 1981 until 1987, and then from 1989 until 2001. He was defeated for reelection in 1986 by Brock Adams , and in 2000 by Maria Cantwell . Gorton was born in . In 1994 he repeated the process. In 2000 , Democrat Maria Cantwell turned his "it's time for a change" strategy against him and due to the strength of her huge vote margins in the King County area, won an upset victory with around 2,000 votes. In 2004, Gorton became a member of the National Commission On Terrorist Attacks Upon The United States (popularly known as the " 9/11 Commission"). In 2005, Gorton became the Chairman of the Constitutional Law PAC , a political action committee formed to help elect candidates to the Washington State Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. The Constitutional Law PAC has a right-of-center orientation. EXTERNAL LINK
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