Speculation has swirled for months about what role the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, might play in the race to replace Congressman Earl Blumenauer.

As a wave of nearly $3 million in dark money enters Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District race, voters are questioning the donors backing Maxine Dexter’s campaign, and whether the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is among them. A political action committee (PAC) known as 314 Action Fund, has spent $1.67 million to support Dexter's campaign. Dexter is a current state representative now seeking election to Congress. The PAC claims its mission is to elect Democrats...

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

The Coalition for Safe, Healthy and Prosperous Communities doesn’t disclose donors but has spent big to help Republicans.

Professor Renée Irvin has developed a new method for evaluating fundraising groups

Campaign finance databases reveal much about cultural values, political influence and interesting trends. We found that, and more, in a recent News-Register investigation ...

The latest scheme to launch a centrist, third-party “unity” ticket comes from a dark money front for corporate interests.

The Berger Action Fund is a nondescript name for a group with a rather specific purpose: steering the wealth of a Swiss billionaire, Hansjörg Wyss, into the world of American

The mailers, the website and the ads were all paid for by a new dark money group, the Coalition for Safe, Healthy and Prosperous Communities.

A coalition of Portland businesses, individuals and labor unions is forming to financially back Vadim Mozyrsky, a challenger to Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, with plans to drop hundreds of thousands of dollars to bolster his prospects in next month’s primary, sources told The Oregonian/OregonLive on Friday.