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Nike co-founder Phil Knight, who has a history of supporting Republican candidates in Oregon, gave another $250,000 on Friday to longtime moderate Democratic lawmaker Betsy Johnson, who is running for governor this year without any party.

With a leveled financial field, name recognition and endorsements can all weigh heavy in the outcome.

Oregon journalists are considering how they can collaborate to provide better coverage of the 2022 governor's race.

In his final legislative session as a state representative, Marty Wilde, a Democrat, has ruffled feathers with leadership in the Oregon Legislature.  “I one hundred percent dedicated myself to inst…

It’s been four decades since Oregon had a Congressional race quite like this one: a brand new seat, fresh for the taking.

They draw from different geographic areas, enlisting support from big-name real estate developers, lawmakers, lawyers, techies and doctors.

Good government groups asked the Oregon Supreme Court to reconsider keeping voters from deciding whether to limit money in politics.

The Oregon Supreme Court Building (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Oregon Supreme Court on Friday rejected a last-ditch effort to have voters decide whether to limit campaign contributions to those running for public office.  Proponents of three proposed ballot initiatives had sought the high court’s intervention to be sure the measures[Read More...]

Oregon lacks campaign finance limits, and some $500,000 contributions have rolled in.

“They just need to show us where the money is coming from and who is behind it," a union lobbyist said.

Patrick Starnes’s optimism about his Democratic primary run for governor has been bolstered by an endorsement from the Oregon Progressive Party.

A federal judge acknowledged that the state’s 2002 restraints may be too low but that a full trial is needed for him to make a determination

A federal judge has refused to block enforcement of Colorado's caps on campaign donations, finding the six-week-old lawsuit from a trio of Republican candidates had not unearthed sufficient facts to

At this point, it'll be tough for the Legislature to pass its own campaign finance limits for this year's election. In the long term, it'll take a voter initiative or a new governor.

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The commission said its decision puts the onus on the state Legislature to put new limits in place. But it’s far from certain that lawmakers will act before the end of this year’s legislative session. And any new proposal could only take effect without a veto by Republican Gov. Dunleavy.

Alaska is poised to have unlimited campaign contributions in most instances after a state regulator declined to impose new caps, after old limits were struck down as unconstitutional.

Oregon elections officials levied fines in 257 individual cases of political candidates who failed to file timely or accurate reports of their campaign donations and spending since 2018, according to data from the Secretary of State’s office.

The iconoclastic Eugene lawmaker says he was targeted for taking on gerrymandering. He's calling out his party's way of doing business.

Six months and at least a million dollars later, both critics and those who dug into their pockets to finance the effort are mulling the same question: Has it made a difference?

Oregon independent gubernatorial candidate Betsy Johnson, formerly a longtime Democratic lawmaker, has secured donations from a notable list of major Republican campaign donors.

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan and her staff refused to say whether she supports an expedited state Supreme Court review of her decision to kill three proposed ballot measures that would set political contribution limits.

Oregon business and labor groups filed challenges Thursday to ballot titles for three proposed ballot measures to set campaign contribution limits in the state.