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After a tsunami of campaign spending on the 2022 governor’s race in Oregon – a record-breaking $70 million – a broad coalition and lawmakers worked together ...

Democracy reform legislation must address the role of money in politics.

The Oregon Department of Justice will not seek criminal charges into a $500,000 political contribution made to the Democratic Party of Oregon.

Sworn declarations of Aaron Mitchell and Rosa Cazares say the cannabis couple communicated with Hoyle's office about federal agency filings as recently as September 2023

Nishad Singh pleaded guilty to federal charges of campaign finance fraud; Oregon today declined to prosecute under state law

The Oregon Department of Justice announced Wednesday that did not find enough evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that former FTX executive Nishad Singh and state Democratic Party leaders knowingly misreported the source of the crypto trading company's 2022 donation.

Nishad Singh pleaded guilty to federal charges of campaign finance fraud; Oregon today declined to prosecute under state law

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Oregonians will likely decide just four or possibly five ballot measures this fall as only a pair of citizen-led initiatives appear to have garnered enough signatures by Friday’s deadline.

Proponents of a school voucher-like system have failed to collect enough signatures to put a proposed measure on the November 2024 ballot.

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission won’t investigate Gov. Tina Kotek’s since-abandoned plans to give her wife an expanded policy role.

Idaho – like the rest of the country – is drowning in political money. The corrupting influence of all that cash, most of it untraceable as to its origin, is hiding in plan sight.  By general agreement at least $1.5 million in “dark money” – the money of millionaires and billionaires who are trying to […]

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) released a report to help lawmakers, experts, activists and citizens look to the lessons of the 2021 redistricting cycle and understand how a well-designed redistricting commission can deliver fair representation and what the process to get there should look like.

Less than five months from a historic election, Portland may tweak campaign finance rules to stretch the city’s cash-strapped public financing program.

Oregon’s richest man gave another $2 million to a political action committee that tries to elect Republicans.

Oregon Rep. Charlie Conrad said primary election results and Donald Trump's dominance drove him from the Republican party.

The field of mayoral hopefuls is nearing double digits less than five months before November's election.

To understand money's pernicious role, don’t think of candidates being bought by their donors. Think of the "Pyramid of Money."

In a surprise move, North Carolina Republican legislators unveiled legislation that would make important changes to state campaign finance law

Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade asked for the funding after lawmakers in March passed a historic campaign finance bill.

The money is a bit of unfinished business left after the Legislature's scramble to pass new regulations in March.

The Democratic Party of Oregon misreported the source of a $500,000 donation. State prosecutors are still deciding whether to investigate.

The May election offers a few glimpses into voters' conflicted state of mind about the direction of Multnomah County, the role of big money and growth, the editorial board writes.

In the primary election for the open mayor's seat, all of the leading Seattle candidates have opted in to raise public campaign funding from a wide range of city residents.

Seattle's "Democracy Voucher" program is being touted as a national model for campaign financing in articles and books, and even in Congress this year, where a version made its way into the Democrat's giant voting reform bill HR 1. But the results in this year’s August mayoral primary – which is the first time vouchers have ever been used in a Seattle mayor’s race-- were mixed.

After Oakland’s vote in November, proponents want democracy vouchers in other California cities.

Nearly three-quarters of Oakland voters (74%) approved an initiative in 2022 that took a comprehensive approach to campaign finance solutions in the city. However, one of its historic changes is in need of funding if it is going to be implemented by 2026; namely, its "democracy dollars" public finance system.

Very few Americans believe Congress is doing a good job. Some of them have a simple solution: Throw the bums out and institute term limits. But that creates more problems than it solves.

Three groups or individuals have contributed more than $1 million to Oregon campaigns since 2023.