Dark money group targets Oregon swing districts with new mailers, ads
The Coalition for Safe, Healthy and Prosperous Communities doesn’t disclose donors but has spent big to help Republicans.
In General
The legislative session is a wrap, but we’ll see some proposals again: Beat Check podcast
Longtime political and education editor Betsy Hammond joins Therese Bottomly to talk about the recently completed legislative session.
Editorial: Campaign finance reform takes a back seat, again
Despite headlines over the past several months showing why campaign contribution limits are so critical, legislators have been unable to pass a bill with robust, fair caps, the editorial board writes. Legislators need to focus on such a bill for the February short session, or voters will have to do it for them.
EditorialsOne thing left utterly undone: campaign finance reform
This year’s 160-day Oregon legislative session featured a 42-day walkout by conservative senators, all Republican except our own Brian Boquist, a longtime Republican ...
One thing left utterly undone: campaign finance reform
This year’s 160-day Oregon legislative session featured a 42-day walkout by conservative senators, all Republican except our own Brian Boquist, a longtime Republican ...
Defying pledges to limit campaign contributions, Oregon lawmakers again fail to do so
House Speaker Dan Rayfield, D-Corvallis, convened a group of Democratic lawmakers this spring to hammer out limits on political spending. But Tony Lapiz, Rayfield’s legislative director, told a House committee June 8 that the legislators couldn’t agree on a proposal during that process.
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Oregon Senate Passes Bill Banning Politicians From Accepting More Than $100 a Year in Cash From One Donor
Oregon lawmakers may consider boosting elected officials’ pay, passing ethic reforms in wake of Shemia Fagan’s resignation
Oregon lawmakers are mulling whether to boost pay for statewide officeholders and pass ethics reforms following the resignation of former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan, who stepped down after news that she had taken a $10,000 a month side job with a troubled cannabis company.
Nike co-founder Phil Knight contributes $2 million more to help elect Republicans to Oregon Legislature
Knight made the donation April 4 to the Bring Balance to Salem PAC
Campaign finance limits could come up short in Oregon Legislature — again
With two months left in the legislative session, the issue of capping political contributions has received little attention and lawmakers are hedging on whether a proposal can pass.
Oregon Democrats weigh competing proposals to cap political donations
New proposals introduced in the state Senate last week would set strict limits to quell the exorbitant spending in Oregon elections — without the same loopholes included in other bills introduced by top Democrats this session.
Oregon Democrats say they’re serious about capping political donations, but their proposals include loopholes
Top Democrats’ campaign finance proposals could protect the ability of membership organizations such as labor unions and business associations to continue pouring millions of dollars into candidates’ campaigns. They would also allow corporations and unions to continue giving directly to candidates.
Will Oregon legislators follow-through and enact campaign finance reform? –
Both Gov. Tina Kotek and state lawmakers have pledged to take action this legislative session on campaign finance reform.