Letter to the editor

Democratic state Sen. Jeff Golden of Ashland is among the Oregon Legislature’s most vocal proponents of campaign contribution limits. His fellow Democrats and their political allies independently spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Golden's reelction.

Political spending on the Oregon governor's race nearly doubled from four years ago. The state is one of just five in the nation without campaign contribution limits.

This week, an Oregon voter has filed a complaint alleging that public employee unions, Democrats and their political allies violated state campaign finance and ad disclosure rules with an official-looking website, “The Oregon Voter Guide.”

Democrat Tina Kotek pledged Monday to make capping campaign contributions one of her top priorities if she’s elected governor – but she won’t turn down large campaign checks.

Democratic candidate for Oregon governor Tina Kotek on Monday reiterated her pledge to prioritize pushing for campaign contribution limits if she is elected.

The three leading candidates in Oregon's race for governor combined had reported raising $47 million as of Monday. Four years ago, the Democrat and Republican raised approximately $37.8 million.

A top Oregon Republican Party official alleged that Democratic nominee Tina Kotek broke state law with promises to a third-party candidate.

The new disclosure means Betsy Johnson's total fund-raising has reached $16.2 million – $2.6 million more than Democrat Tina Kotek and $3.4 million more than Republican Christine Drazan.

Last year's elections saw gains in use of the public campaign financing system among people of color, younger, and lower-income Seattleites, according to a new report.

The two candidates have raised a tiny fraction of the fundraising totals they amassed in the primary.

With her commitment to the issue, the Democratic nominee for Oregon governor helped convince a third-party candidate to step out of the race. That's likely to help her.

To help voters understand the differing visions of the three major contenders, we asked the three leading candidates to make their pitch as to why Oregonians should choose them as their next governor.

Oregonians should take back control of their elections by limiting campaign contributions and ensuring that candidates focus on the needs of the broader community - not just wealthy donors - write Khanh Le of Unite Oregon and Kate TItus of Common Cause Oregon.

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Letter to the editor

Wild things can happen in the final days before an election, and in the Oregon primary races for governor that meant a tampon attack ad, a mailer seeming to tout an endorsement the candidate did not receive and a variety of campaign-related complaints.