Betsy Johnson, the unaffiliated candidate for Oregon governor, spent two decades as a Democrat in the Legislature and even longer as a powerful presence in local politics.

The national Republican State Leadership Committee, which supports candidates for state-level office, has doled out an eye-popping $800,000 this year to Oregon Republican candidates and political groups, according to campaign finance filings. Oregon is one of several Democrat-controlled states the group has identified as vulnerable to a Republican takeover.

Since May, Gonzalez’s campaign has paid a mere $250 a month to rent more than 3,000 square feet in a Southwest 11th Avenue office building owned by Jordan Schnitzer, a real estate mogul and philanthropist who also donated the most money allowed by law, $250, to the candidate, according to city elections officials and campaign finance reports.

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 […]

More than a dozen people filed to run this election for state-level offices as nonaffiliated candidates. Only two qualified for the ballot.

Last year's elections saw gains in use of the public campaign financing system among people of color, younger, and lower-income Seattleites, according to a new report.

Amid deepening dissatisfaction with how Portland runs, or too often fails to, a proposed measure to transform city government is among the most consequential to appear on ballots in recent memory.

The two candidates have raised a tiny fraction of the fundraising totals they amassed in the primary.

Betsy Johnson, a pro-gun, woke-bashing former Democrat is waging a strong bid for governor.

Oregon elections officials say Betsy Johnson obtained enough valid signatures to get on the November ballot for governor.

Phil Knight has given an astonishing $1.75 million to timber heiress and former Democratic state Sen. Betsy Johnson’s bid for Oregon governor.

Phil Knight has given an astonishing $1.75 million to timber heiress and former Democratic state Sen. Betsy Johnson’s bid for Oregon governor.

This week in the race for Oregon governor, Republicans launched an ad portraying other candidates as bobbleheads and a Democrat-allied PAC paid for ads attacking unaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson.

Oregon’s three leading candidates for governor all spent at least $4 million over the summer and devoted most of their summer spending to TV advertising, according to an Oregonian/OregonLive analysis.

Although members of Congress voting in favor of democracy issues has increased since 2020, the legislative filibuster stopped bills from becoming law.

With her commitment to the issue, the Democratic nominee for Oregon governor helped convince a third-party candidate to step out of the race. That's likely to help her.

Nonaffiliated voters in Oregon comprise the biggest voting bloc but that doesn't mean that they are nonpartisan.

If the two parties go off to the edges, there’ll be a ticket running up the center.

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.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- People Not Politicians announced Wednesday that they have filed with the Oregon Secretary of State a proposed initiative petition for the November 2024 ballot to reform what it calls "Oregon’s dysfunctional and partisan redistricting process, and to replace it with an independent citizens’ commission for fair representation." Here's the rest of the