From the [Portland] Oregonian:

Steve Novick, the diminutive, one-handed Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, hopes to turn his physical disabilities — or “unusualities” as he calls them — into political assets as he tries to win the right to challenge Republican Sen. Gordon Smith.

In his breakout TV campaign ad, which begins airing this week, Novick makes fun of his 4-foot, 9-inch stature. In campaign speeches, he calls attention to the metal hook he has for a left hand.

“The first job in politics is to be remembered,” Novick says. “It so happens I have physical features that are memorable.”

…Novick was born missing his left arm and both fibulae, one of the two major bones between knee and foot. He believes the deformities are the result of a drug his mother was given by “a very stupid doctor” when she was pregnant.

Here’s the campaign ad, a take-off on the old “To Tell the Truth” game show.

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