Opinion: Portland must safeguard public campaign finance program’s independence
Portland needs to make both short-term and long-term changes to the Small Donor Elections Program to ensure it remains free of political interference, write Amy Sample Ward, Berk Nelson and Cristina Nieves, who serve on the Portland Elections Commission.
Portland’s 1st contested race for auditor in decades elicits promises to el
The last time Portland saw a contested race for city auditor, which was 1986, Bud Clark’s “Whoop-whoop!” ricocheted regularly through City Hall, First Thursday art walks were in their infancy and Kiki VanDeWeghe led the Trail Blazers in scoring, averaging 24.8 points per game.
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