Oregon labor group launches end run around effort to curb political donations, shed light on dark money
A political nonprofit long led by Oregon's powerful public employee unions wants to set campaign contribution limits in the state — and kill a competing 2024 ballot proposal by campaign finance reformers that would enact tighter limits and stricter ad disclosures.
Southern Oregon Democrat said no to big political donors. They helped fund
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 donors spent more than $70 million on Oregon governor’s race - or
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.
3 candidates for Oregon governor make their case in Sunday Opinion section
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.
The race to become Oregon’s next governor: Week in review - oregonlive.com
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.
Portland City Council races: See the ZIP codes fueling candidates’ cash - o
Nearly a third of all money raised directly from Portland residents — $108,806 — came from just four ZIP codes clustered near downtown, two on the east side of the city and two west of the Willamette River
Slow legal filings could ensure Oregonians do not get to vote on campaign c
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 labor, business interest groups file challenges to campaign contribu
Oregon business and labor groups filed challenges Thursday to ballot titles for three proposed ballot measures to set campaign contribution limits in the state.
Supporters ask Oregon Supreme Court to overrule Secretary of State Shemia F
Campaign finance reform activists on Wednesday filed an appeal asking the Oregon Supreme Court to overturn Secretary of State Shemia Fagan's disqualification of three proposals to limit political contributions.
Editorial: Derailed campaign-finance reform measures need court’s help - or
Secretary of State Shemia Fagan's disqualification of three initiative petitions to enact campaign contribution limits is inconsistent with previous secretaries of state and is a blow to Oregonians' efforts to diminish the power of big money in Oregon elections, the editorial board writes. Oregonians should hope that the state Supreme Court restores the effort and be ready to add their signatures to qualify a petition for the November ballot.
Oregon bill tries to revive campaign finance limits but has a big loophole
Senate Majority Leader Rob Wagner, D-Lake Oswego, unveiled a proposal Thursday to ask voters to set campaign contribution limits. Unlike proposals by campaign finance reform advocates, Wagner's bill would allow unlimited contributions through a special political action committee and contains no disclosure requirement for political ads.
Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan follows through, kills effort to set
Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan, a Democrat, announced on Wednesday morning that she will disqualify three proposals to set campaign contribution limits, based on a 2004 Oregon Court of Appeals ruling.
Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan plans to kill effort to set campaign
Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan plans to disqualify three ballot initiative proposals for campaign contribution limits, based on a 2004 court ruling that previous secretaries of state have not enforced.