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As the legislature debated campaign finance limits last month, Oregon’s richest man quietly gave another $2 million to a political action committee that tries to elect Republicans to the statehouse. Such a contribution would be barred under a just-passed bill that Gov. Kotek has said she'll sign.
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Oregon lawmakers have reached a deal that appears likely to give state campaign finance limits for the first time in decades.
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This upcoming June primary is the first chance to see the effects of new local campaign finance limits in California set by Assembly bill 571. Shasta County provides a window into how local elections are impacted by the change.
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Former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof is no longer able to run for Oregon governor, but he still has over $1 million in his campaign war chest. It remains to be seen what Kristof does with that cash.
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Justices have declined to hear a challenge that might have paved the way for a measure on the November ballot.
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After Secretary of State Shemia Fagan bounced three proposals to cap political donations, one state senator says he'll try to convince colleagues to put a similar measure before voters.
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Secretary of State Shemia Fagan says three proposed ballot measures dealing with campaign cash don't pass constitutional muster. Two more contain the same problem, supporters admit.
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After talks between left-leaning organizations broke down, three groups have filed competing proposals for reining in political spending.
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Following months of negotiations, labor unions and advocacy groups did not sign onto a plan for creating new campaign regulations.
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Oregon Sen. Betsy Johnson, a longtime Democratic legislator running as an unaffiliated candidate, has raised more than $2 million in her bid to become the next governor of Oregon, according to new campaign finance reports.
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Kristof's campaign touted thousands of small donors from Oregon, but new filings also show he's attracting big money from some very well known names.
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The 29-year-old Republican, famed for preventing a terrorist attack in 2015, is once again running to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio.
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Bills to limit political contributions always faced an uphill battle in 2021. Now, a less contentious proposal to publicly finance campaigns faces skepticism in the Senate.
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A spokesman for Louis DeJoy says the Department of Justice is probing "contributions made by employees who worked for him when he was in the private sector."