In this Sept. 24, 2007, file photo, former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton speaks in Seattle. Gorton, who served three terms as a U.S. senator from Washington State and later served on the 9/11 Commission, has died. He was 92. Ted S. Warren/AP Photo/File
SEATTLE—Slade Gorton, a patrician and cerebral politician from Washington state who served as a U.S. Senate Republican leader before he was ousted by the growing Seattle-area liberal electorate in 2000, has died. He was 92.
Gorton died Wednesday in Seattle, said J. Vander Stoep, who served as his chief of staff in the Senate.
