Fresh off a protracted legal fight with the state over the failed Cover Oregon website, California software giant Oracle just made its first political contribution in Oregon in years.
The Santa Clara-based company reported giving $50,000 on Friday to Restoregon, a political action committee that has contributed exclusively to Republican candidates this cycle, including several Lane County races.
This election cycle, Restoregon has given $100,000 to GOP Secretary of State candidate Dennis Richardson — who, as a state lawmaker, was one of the earliest critics of the Cover Oregon health exchange website.
The PAC has also provided more than $100,000 in direct and indirect spending each to Lane County Republican house candidates Joe Potwora and Kathy Lamberg and $26,000 to Teri Grier. Restoregon has largely been funded by big donations from Lane County timber companies Seneca and Murphy, a Redmond dentist, and the founders of Entek, a Lebanon plastics manufacturing company.
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