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Commentary What was expected to be a relatively boring election in California turned out to have several surprises. ...

Thanks to a federal Supreme Court decision last month, Begich can now recoup all of his loan in post-election fundraising.

Hoping to influence regulations, cryptocurrency executives and startups are providing a fresh pool of financing for candidates heading into November’s congressional elections.

Nearly 30% of likely Oregon voters picked Drazan as their choice for governor, while nearly 28% chose Kotek in a poll conducted by Nelson Research

Walkouts have been used by both parties over the years, but have become a prominent part of the Republican playbook recently.

Democratic cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried says he expects to spend “north of $100 million" in 2024, with “soft ceiling” of $1 billion.

The unaffiliated gubernatorial candidate says doing away with regulations and partisanship will get Oregon on the right track. Betsy Johnson, a former Democratic state senator from Scappoose, says she...

Sam Bankman-Fried may have lost in Oregon, but he and other crypto big shots have discovered politics. What will Democrats do for them in return?

Here’s why supporters of the state’s Democratic attorney general want a pro-Trump candidate to succeed in the primary.

With Oregon’s May primaries in the rear-view mirror, legislative candidates who emerged victorious can turn their attention to the general election.

Lawmakers’ failure to act means that unlimited sums can continue flowing to gubernatorial, legislative and municipal candidates. But one legislator is already discussing a citizens initiative to change that.

Initiative Petition 17 would require people to obtain a permit to buy a gun and stop the sale of ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.

What lesson can we take so far from this year’s primary election results?

The Tennessee General Assembly recently passed a bill requiring 501(c)(4) organizations – often referred to as “dark money” groups – to disclose any expenses over $5,000 in the 60 days leading up to an election. Previously, these groups could run advertisements featuring candidate names and likenesses without being required to disclose spending, so long as they did not expressly advocate for or against a candidate. Now, doing so will trigger disclosure for any spending over the $5,000 threshold.

Everyone agrees that there's too much money in Palo Alto politics, even those who benefit the most from this trend. As advocates push to limit campaign spending, they face resistance from city leaders.

Former State Sen. Betsy Johnson is running for governor and Aumsville Mayor Derek Clevenger is running for state representative without a party.

Here's how a couple of primary elections could be influenced by the crypto industry.

The state scrapped traditional primaries to combat political polarization and legislative gridlock, but maybe it has to keep experimenting.

Democratic candidates are all-but scripting ads for super PACs and dark-money groups to do their bidding — in plain sight.

The result and lineup in today’s Supreme Court decision in FEC v. Cruz is no surprise: all the conservatives on the Court signed onto Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion holding that a loan repayment provision of the McCain-Feingold law is unconstitutional; … Continue reading Breaking and Analysis: Dividing on Ideological Lines and Breaking Little New Ground in FEC v. Cruz, Supreme Court Strikes Down Another Part of McCain-Feingold law →

"Today's decision can only bring this country's political system into further disrepute," wrote Justice Elena Kagan after the Supreme Court's right-wing majority sided with Sen. Ted Cruz.

Letter to the editor

The final days before an election are often when some of the most interesting political spending takes place and in the Democratic and Republican primaries for Oregon governor, candidates are going for broke as the May 17 election looms.

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.