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Gorton is a surname which translates in English as "dirty farm", and may refer to:
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Michael Edward Lowry was an American Democratic politician who served as the 20th governor of the U.S. state of Washington from 1993 to 1997. His political career ended abruptly following a sexual misconduct allegation made against him by his deputy press secretary, Susanne Albright. Lowry served as a United States Representative from Washington's 7th congressional district from 1979 to 1989.
Thomas Slade Gorton III was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Washington from 1981 to 1987 and again from 1989 until 2001. He held both of the state's U.S. Senate seats in his career and was narrowly defeated for reelection twice, first in 1986 by Brock Adams and again in 2000 by Maria Cantwell following a recount. As of 2020, he was the last Republican U.S. Senator from Washington.
Samuel Gorton (1593–1677) was an early settler and civic leader of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and President of the towns of Providence and Warwick. He had strong religious beliefs which differed from Puritan theology and was very outspoken, and he became the leader of a small sect of converts known as Gortonists or Gortonites. As a result, he was frequently in trouble with the civil and church authorities in the New England colonies.
Gorton is an area of Manchester in North West England, southeast of the city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 36,055. Neighbouring areas include Audenshaw, Denton, Levenshulme, Openshaw, and Reddish.
Gorton's of Gloucester is a subsidiary of Japanese seafood conglomerate Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd., producing fishsticks and other frozen seafood for the retail market in the United States. Gorton's also has a North American food service business which sells to fast-food restaurants such as McDonald's, and an industrial coating ingredients operation. It has been headquartered in Gloucester, Massachusetts, since 1849.
Slade may also refer to:
The 2000 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Slade Gorton was seeking reelection to a third consecutive term, but was very narrowly unseated for a second time by former Congresswoman Maria Cantwell.
Richard Charles Tallman is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
Nathaniel Matheson Gorton is an American lawyer who has served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts since 1992.
The 1988 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Daniel J. Evans decided to retire instead of running for re-election to a full term, after being appointed to the seat in 1983, and won re-election to a partial term that same year. Republican former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton, who had just lost a re-election bid in 1986, won the open seat. As of 2020, this is the last time Washington simultaneously voted for different parties for president and for senate.
Bettina Edith Gorton, Lady Gorton was an American-born academic who was best known as the first wife of John Gorton, the 19th Prime Minister of Australia. She was born in Portland, Maine, met her husband while studying in France, and married in 1935. She developed an interest in South-East Asian culture relatively late in life, learning to speak Malay and Javanese and completing her first university degree at the age of 50. She was involved with a long-running Australian National University project to compile a Malay–English dictionary, although she curtailed her involvement during her husband's prime ministership (1968–1971).
The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is an American nonprofit, research institution based in Seattle, Washington, with a branch office in Washington, D.C. The organization’s mission is to inform and strengthen Asia-Pacific policy. NBR brings together specialists, policymakers, and business leaders to examine economic, strategic, political, globalization, health, and energy issues affecting U.S. relations with East, Central, Southeast and South Asia and Russia. Richard J. Ellings is the current president.
The 1994 United States Senate election in Washington was held November 7, 1994. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Slade Gorton won re-election to a second consecutive term. As of 2020, this is the last Senate election in Washington won by a Republican and by a male candidate.
The 1986 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 3, 1986. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Slade Gorton ran for re-election, but was defeated by former Transportation Secretary Brock Adams.
The 1980 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 4, 1980. Longtime incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Warren Magnuson, the Senate President pro tempore, lost re-election to State Attorney General Slade Gorton, a Republican. As of 2020, this is the last time the Republicans won the Class 3 Senate seat in Washington.
Washington's 10th congressional district is a congressional district in western Washington. Created as a result of the 2010 census, which granted Washington an additional congressional seat, bringing the number of seats apportioned to the state up from 9 to 10, the district is centered on the state capital, Olympia, and includes portions of Thurston, Pierce, and Mason counties. It was created after the 2010 United States Census and elected Denny Heck to the United States House of Representatives in the 2012 elections.
Henry James Harvey Slade is an English rugby union player, who plays for the England rugby team.
John J. O'Connell was an American attorney and politician from Washington who served as the 13th Attorney General of Washington from 1957 to 1969.
The Washington Secretary of State election, 2020, will be held on November 3, 2020. Incumbent Republican Kim Wyman is running for reelection against Democratic nominee Gael Tarleton, the two having received the most votes in an August 2020 primary election.