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strongFor the first time, state elections will have donor limits when HB 4024 is enacted in 2027./strong

Hundreds of thousands of dollars of cash and in-kind donations are pouring into the Salem City Council and mayoral races for the primary election.

House Bill 4024—a bill to limit campaign donations—passed through the Oregon State House of Representatives and Senate with bipartisan support and sailed right onto the Governor’s desk, where it was...

Oregon’s new limits on political campaign contributions will not take effect until 2027. But as Gov. Tina Kotek, legislative leaders and representatives of interest groups said at a recent ceremony, Oregon’s real achievement was legislative approval of such regulations for the first time in half a century — and during a 35-day short session in an even-numbered year. The 1973 Legislature approved spending limits, but the Oregon Supreme Court overturned...

Campaign finance limits are coming to Oregon in 2027 after Gov. Tina Kotek signed House Bill 4024 into law on Wednesday. Here's what you need to know.

House Bill 4024 creates limits on how much individuals, businesses, labor unions and other political players can give to candidates.

His donation, made to the Bring Balance to Salem PAC, brings the committee’s cash on hand to nearly $5.1 million.

More than twenty years ago, Tim Knopp thought he and Democratic colleague Mark Hass would pass campaign finance reform through the state Legislature.

Oregon is one of the last states with no laws limiting the amount of money campaigns can get and who they get it from. That's on the verge of changing with HB 4024.

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Gov. Tina Kotek (D) supports the bill, which is headed to her desk.

Assuming Gov. Tina Kotek signs the bill, contribution limits will go into effect January 2027.

Oregon lawmakers have passed a campaign finance reform bill that limits the amount of money people can donate to political candidates.

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

Oregon lawmakers have passed a campaign finance reform bill that limits the amount of...

The passage of House Bill 4024 means campaign contributions in the state will be capped starting in 2027.

Lawmakers have until March 10 to pass the bill.

As the Legislature speeds to adjournment, a proposal to regulate political giving is still being negotiated.

Are Oregonian's interested in election reform? Which reforms are gaining traction (campaign finance, open primaries, ranked-choice voting)?

La Rochefoucauld (perhaps anticipating Oregon's House Bill 4024): "Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue."

Business and labor groups have negotiated a system of contribution limits they hope to push through before lawmakers adjourn March 10. Critics say the proposal is weak.

Powerful lawmakers from both parties expressed a desire Friday to pass a campaign finance bill.

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

The House Rules Committee will hold a public hearing on the bill on Friday.

Business and labor groups have negotiated a system of contribution limits they hope to push through before lawmakers adjourn March 10. Critics say the proposal is weak.

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 majority of Oregonians want campaign finance reform but apparently cannot agree on how to reform elections beyond campaign finance, according to new survey results from the Oregon Values and