Libertarian candidates will appear on Oregon ballots in November, despite efforts from the state Republican party to disqualify them.

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The Oregon Government Ethics Commission won’t investigate Gov. Tina Kotek’s since-abandoned plans to give her wife an expanded policy role.

Oregon Rep. Charlie Conrad said primary election results and Donald Trump's dominance drove him from the Republican party.

A bill limiting campaign contributions passed the Oregon Senate on Thursday and heads to Gov. Tina Kotek for a signature.

The First Amendment doesn't let state senators who walked out in protest for six weeks run for reelection, a federal appeals court ruled.

Backers of a campaign finance reform initiative have the political winds at their back as they try to get their measure on the ballot.

Critics said a bill would allow unions and small donor committees to give hundreds of thousands of dollars to candidates.

He’ll run against his Democratic colleague and a frontrunner for the job, Portland Sen. Elizabeth Steiner.

A dark money group founded by a national Republican political operative and oil industry lobbyists stepped up its efforts to influence Oregon voters this week, sending mailers and buying ad

Democrats accused Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of illegally coordinating with a super PAC to gather signatures for his presidential campaign.

Oregon lawmakers jetted off to Taiwan, Portugal, Denmark and tech hubs in California this fall, all paid for by companies and groups that have a keen interest in the laws they’ll pass.  These junkets, once common, have been rarer in recent years due to the COVID pandemic and associated travel restrictions. One planned trip to […]

Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade won’t bar former President Donald Trump from appearing on primary ballots.

The legal advocacy group Free Speech for People is urging Oregon's secretary of state to bar former president Donald Trump from appearing on Oregon's election ballot.

A group trying to block Donald Trump from appearing on the ballot ramped up pressure on Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade.

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission on Friday unanimously dismissed a complaint a lawmakers filed against a union lobbyist.

State ethics watchdogs have launched a full investigation into former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s conduct while in office.

State ethics watchdogs will pause their investigation into Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission employees implicated in bourbon-hoarding.

Several key environmental bills to help protect communities against the effect of climate change have passed the Oregon Legislature.

Federal prosecutors are seeking a wide range of records related to former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan and her marijuana moonlighting.

Oregon Senate Republicans on Tuesday declared they’re willing to return to pass bipartisan legislation and budget bills on June 25.

The GOP-led Senate walkout is the first round of a fight that likely will continue in court when the session concludes by June 25.

The 2024 campaign has begun for a constitutional amendment that would change the state’s primary election of 2026.

An email from a state division director asking customers to advocate for the agency’s budget raised eyebrows.

Both Gov. Tina Kotek and state lawmakers have pledged to take action this legislative session on campaign finance reform.

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is seeking more money to hire more staff dedicated to election security and oversight.

The election confirmed that Oregon continues to be a Democratic-leaning state where key contests are highly competitive.

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

With three serious gubernatorial candidates on the ballot in November and the theoretical possibility of a new governor elected with 34% of the vote, Oregon might consider an election tool that recently got a lot of attention in Alaska and seems ripe for consideration here: ranked choice voting.  The probability – at least, if polling […]