campaign finance

State election officials are fining the Democratic Party of Oregon a late filing fee of $15,000 after the party changed the donor of a hefty campaign check. The fine concludes the investigation into the state Democratic party, but officials are still looking into other issues surrounding the large campaign check.

Federal prosecutors aren’t the only ones digging into Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of the cryptocurrency exchange company, FTX.

The billionaire previously spent $3.75 million backing nonaffiliated Betsy Johnson, who has trailed badly in polls.

The Nike co-founder has given to legislative races in the past, but never to this degree. So far records show he’s spent $2 million on the effort.

Independent expenditure committees funded by special interest groups are spending millions of dollars to make their picks in the California primary. In some races, they are clearly supporting or opposing candidates. In others, the strategy is more complicated.

This upcoming June primary is the first chance to see the effects of new local campaign finance limits in California set by Assembly bill 571. Shasta County provides a window into how local elections are impacted by the change.

Former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof is no longer able to run for Oregon governor, but he still has over $1 million in his campaign war chest. It remains to be seen what Kristof does with that cash.

Justices have declined to hear a challenge that might have paved the way for a measure on the November ballot.

After Secretary of State Shemia Fagan bounced three proposals to cap political donations, one state senator says he'll try to convince colleagues to put a similar measure before voters.

Secretary of State Shemia Fagan says three proposed ballot measures dealing with campaign cash don't pass constitutional muster. Two more contain the same problem, supporters admit.

After talks between left-leaning organizations broke down, three groups have filed competing proposals for reining in political spending.

Following months of negotiations, labor unions and advocacy groups did not sign onto a plan for creating new campaign regulations.