Political Parties & Candidates

Clay Bearnson, former Medford City Councilor, said he is offering voters a third-party choice as the registered Independent candidate for Oregon Senate District 3, focusing on campaign finance reform and affordable health care. With only $4,300 in contributions — far less than his opponents—he contends that big money in politics stifles real change in Salem.

The races are unlikely to determine a new balance of power in the Oregon Legislature, where Democrats hold majorities.

Kotek has raised $14.7 million since January 2025, compared with $11.4 million for Drazan in that same period.

Most voters have messier views than their partisan labels would suggest.

Two candidates are chasing them while a third rejects them outright.

PHOENIX — The Arizona Democratic Party is going to court to block the renaming of the No Labels Party, admitting in its legal filings that it believes the name change

Would-be independent candidates have been searching for what they say is a sensible center of the electorate for a long time. No one has found it.

Arizonans are free to run for any office they want under the No Labels banner — even if party officials don't give permission.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and President Donald Trump’s friend turned foe, has not yet officially established the “America…

The House Democrats' campaign arm disclosed the money in a FEC filing accompanying its January contributions and disbursements.

Documents just made public show how groups aligned with the Democratic Party hit a third party rival with an array of underhanded schemes that put Watergate tricksters to shame

The value of independence can be seen in Nebraska — and the struggles of Democrats and Republicans elsewhere.

OPB asked candidates for Oregon secretary of state questions about the office, its powers and much more. Nathalie Paravicini is the Pacific Green Party of Oregon's candidate for 2024.

Republican incumbent Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Democrat Janelle Bynum are not the only candidates looking to represent Oregon Congressional District 5.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Friday he is suspending his campaign and backing former President Donald Trump.

Libertarian candidates will appear on Oregon ballots in November, despite efforts from the state Republican party to disqualify them.

On Monday, state elections officials certified a new political party formed with the express purpose of nominating the independent presidential candidate.

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Three Oregon Republicans running to control the state’s elections have all stoked false claims of voter fraud and indicated they want to end Oregon’s decades-long tradition of running elections by mail.

As a wave of nearly $3 million in dark money enters Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District race, voters are questioning the donors backing Maxine Dexter’s campaign, and whether the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is among them. A political action committee (PAC) known as 314 Action Fund, has spent $1.67 million to support Dexter's campaign. Dexter is a current state representative now seeking election to Congress. The PAC claims its mission is to elect Democrats...

HARTFORD, Conn. — Independents in the state are decrying a provision in a proposed election integrity bill they say would “destroy” their caucus by requiring the Independent Party of Connecticut

Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas, is one of eight state senators prohibited from running again for state Senate, after participating in extended walkouts last year.

He’ll run against his Democratic colleague and a frontrunner for the job, Portland Sen. Elizabeth Steiner.

Democrats accused Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of illegally coordinating with a super PAC to gather signatures for his presidential campaign.

One complaint filed in Colorado argues the group has failed to file quarterly campaign finance reports, as required under state law.

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com The No Labels Party has secured 12 states so far for being able to run a Presidential candidate under their No Labels party. West Virginian U.S. Senator, Joe Manchin, announced he is not running for re-election in 2024 and will tour the na

Only 75,490 votes were cast nationally for a candidate other than Joe Biden or Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. And yet, 1,500 voters have already registered with Oregon's newest party: the No Labels Party.

In March, a new organization was added to the list of small political parties qualified to appear on the Oregon ballot: the No Labels Party. Oregon was the third state

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission on Friday unanimously dismissed a complaint a lawmakers filed against a union lobbyist.

Several California lawmakers are trying to bequeath their seats to relatives and staff members in the 2022 election.