Campaign Finance Reform - in Oregon

Chief Deputy Auditor Reed Brodersen said the auditor’s office had received new information that prompted it to reconsider the matter.

Updated: 9:20 am Sept. 30 A short-lived political advocacy organization that ruffled feathers with downtown billboards targeting elected officials is reportedly calling it quits. As first reported by The Oregonian, People For Portland is shuttering its organization and its associated activities. That announcement comes six months after the state deemed the group violated Oregon election law in 2022 for failing to properly register its political expenditures with the Secretary of State. A separate investigation into...

An email thread obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive shows that at least 13 candidates explicitly agreed to trade contributions to reach the donor threshold to qualify for public funds.

The Portland City Auditor’s Office announced Monday that it found “insufficient evidence” to support allegations of campaign finance violations from City Commissioner and mayoral candidate Rene Gonzalez. The investigation was launched after the city’s Elections Office (a division of the Auditor’s Office) received two emailed complaints and one formal complaint last month about Gonzalez’s use of taxpayer money to alter his Wikipedia page. Complainants asserted the use of taxpayer funds by a sitting commissioner to...

The Oregon Secretary of State's office is investigating four candidates for Portland city council for swapping donatin

Commissioner Rene Gonzalez, widely considered a top candidate in the mayoral race, spent $6,400 to "refresh" his Wikipedia page.

Today on City Cast Portland, we’re talking about the bonanza of traffic violations that two leading mayoral candidates h...

Some of the candidates running for one of the new seats on the Portland City Council agreed to swap campaign donations in order to qualify for the city’s system of matching funds.

The agency could not provide a timeline for the investigation.

The former congressman from Hood River has quickly made himself indispensable to his party’s legislative hopes.

The announcement comes two months away from Election Day.

Willamette Week's Sophie Peel broke the story about messages between candidates suggesting they trade donations as they tried to qualify for public matching ...

Established outside interests are expected to make large, organized and well-financed pushes in the coming weeks.

Justice department officials recently concluded there's no evidence establishing beyond a reasonable doubt that anyone knowingly misreported a $500,000 donation to the Democratic Party of Oregon. But the shoddy due diligence, failure to resolve conflicting information and arrogance by state officials overseeing campaign finance laws show plenty of poor decisions, the editorial board writes.

Out-of-state law firms have boosted the campaign cash of two Democratic candidates for statewide offices in Oregon.

Lawyers that vie for business from the State of Oregon have become a mainstay in races for attorney general and treasurer. This year is no different.

"I will keep my mouth shut for sure." - DPO staffer who knew DPO misreported source of its biggest contribution ever

After a tsunami of campaign spending on the 2022 governor’s race in Oregon – a record-breaking $70 million – a broad coalition and lawmakers worked together ...

The Oregon Department of Justice will not seek criminal charges into a $500,000 political contribution made to the Democratic Party of Oregon.

Sworn declarations of Aaron Mitchell and Rosa Cazares say the cannabis couple communicated with Hoyle's office about federal agency filings as recently as September 2023

Nishad Singh pleaded guilty to federal charges of campaign finance fraud; Oregon today declined to prosecute under state law

The Oregon Department of Justice announced Wednesday that did not find enough evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that former FTX executive Nishad Singh and state Democratic Party leaders knowingly misreported the source of the crypto trading company's 2022 donation.

Nishad Singh pleaded guilty to federal charges of campaign finance fraud; Oregon today declined to prosecute under state law