4'9" Senate Candidate With Hook Launches TV Ads

Harper's magazine's Scott Horton writes, "One of the more unconventional races in the country this year may pit Democratic challenger Steve Novick against a distinguished Republican incumbent, Gordon Smith, for a U.S. Senate seat in Oregon. It wouldn't be hard to pick out Novick: he's 4'9" and has a steel hook in place of a left hand. And rather than view these traits as handicaps, the resilient, relentlessly upbeat Novick has made them his hallmark."

Check out Novick's website here, and watch his latest ads: