Direct all press and other media inquiries to Democracy Reform Oregon (503) 283-1922 or office at democracyreform dot org. Visit Oregon Follow the Money for an archive of past press releases.

2009 Press releases

• Democracy Reform Oregon Releases Money in Politics Report; Calls for Legislative Action with Allies on Campaign Finance Reform
  April 17, 2009

• Money in Oregon Politics: History, Trends, and Reformf (PDF)
  April 2009

2008 Press releases

• Ballot Measure Fundraising Totals Almost $21 Million; Defend Oregon Top Fundraiser and Contributions from Loren Parks Leveled Off (PDF)
  November 4, 2008

• Portland Voter-Owned Elections Improving 2008 City Elections November 4, 2008

• Highlights of 2008 Candidate Fundraising, Release of 2006 Post-Election Donations Analysis that Demonstrates Need for Campaign Finance Reform
  November 3, 2008

• Loren Parks is Now Oregon's $12.5 Million Man (PDF)
  October 27, 2008

• Top Ballot Measure Donor Represents 47,000 Oregon Workers, Second Top Donor is Loren Parks (PDF)
  October 24, 2008

• Political History and Loren Parks: Oregon's $11 Million Man
  October 2, 2008

• Loren Parks is 'Mega-Donor' to Qualify 2008 Measures (PDF)
  July 22, 2008

• Checkbook Democracy? Loren Parks Contributes 50% of Total Cash to Likely 2008 Initiatives, all to Walker, Sizemore, and Mannix Initiatives (PDF)
  July 3, 2008

• Hearing Examiner Makes the Right Call; Earlier Decision Would Have Been Helpful but Now Mayoral Campaign Questions are Cleared Up and Time to Move On
  March 20, 2008

• Portland Campaign Season Begins with Spending Limits and Increased Public Involvement due to Voter-Owned Elections; Administrative Rigor Needed
  March 5, 2008

• Political History of Bill Sizemore Now Available Online
  February 27, 2008

• Reformers Congratulate Candidates Seeking to Qualify for Voter-Owned Reform (PDF)
  January 31, 2008

2007 Press releases

• Low Grades for Oregon in New Study on Transparency of State Contracts, Subsidies and Lobbying
  November 15, 2007

• Measure Campaigns Raise Nearly $20 per Vote Cast; Fundraising Underdogs Lose in Latest Round of Ballot Measures
  November 14, 2007

• Ballot Measure Money, Dominated by Big Tobacco, Tops $22 Million; Timber Company with Large Measure 37 Claim Gives One-Fifth of No on 49 Total
  November 6, 2007

• Measure Campaigns Near $22 Million Mark; Tobacco Money Accounts for Half; Timber Interests Contribute 61 Percent of Total to No on 49 Effort
  November 1, 2007

• Oregon in Top Three for Disclosure of State Campaign Finance Reports
  October 17, 2007

• Measures 49, 50 Draw More Than $18 Million in Cash for Hotly Contested Legislative Referrals (PDF)
  October 16, 2007

• Opponents to Measure 49 File Measure 37 Claims Valued at Nearly Half a Billion Dollars (PDF)
  October 11, 2007

• Big Tobacco Contributions Smash State Ballot Measure Fundraising Records (PDF) October 9, 2007

• What is a Chief Petitioner PAC Doing Giving to Candidates? (View the PDF)
  September 18, 2007

• Checkbook Democracy? Loren Parks Contributes Nearly 3/4ths of Total Cash to 2008 Initiatives, All to Walker, Sizemore, and Mannix Iniatives (PDF version)
  September 13, 2007

• Here We Go Again: What the Money Trail Tells Oregonians about Measure 49. (View the full report)
  August 7, 2007

• Advocates to 2008 City Candidates: Use Voter-Owned Elections
  July 12, 2007 - Democracy Reform Oregon and the League of Women Voters of Portland (View the PDF)

• Oregonians Win Ethics Reform Victory in Legislature
  Comprehensive Three Bill Reform Package Will Restore Government Accountability
  June 27, 2007

• Ethics Bills Moving in Oregon Senate - Legislature Should Not Adjourn without SB 10 and HB 2595
  June 20, 2007

• One Ethics Bill Passes the House – Its Companion Also Needed
  June 7, 2007

• Campaign Finance Watchdog Changes Name to Better Reflect Group’s Mission to Reform Democracy in Oregon
  May 10, 2007

• Donors Who Gave More than Half the Money to the Measure 37 - Campaign File Over $600 Million in Claims, Could Earn Windfall on Campaign Investment (View the PDF)
  April 19, 2007

• Campaign Contributions Reflect Differences between Labor, Business Groups on Opposite Sides of Measure to Change the City of Portland's Form of Government (View the PDF)

  April 12, 2007

• Democracy Reform Group Applauds Ethics Reform Bill, Swift Action Needed by Full Senate (View the PDF)

  March 26, 2007

• A handful of tobacco companies contribute $193,200 to sitting legislators and caucus PACs in 2006 after spending more than $370,000 to lobby in 2004-05 (View the PDF)

  February 14, 2007

Earlier Democracy Reform Oregon press releases

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