Total Contributions and Top 10 Contributors to Each Side of
Measures on the November 2006 Ballot Through General Post Reporting Period
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BM |
“Yes”
Groups and Their Top 10 Contributors |
Yea
Amount |
‘No”
Groups and Their Top 10 Contributors |
Nay
Amount |
|
39 |
Neighbors Helping Neighbors |
$80,040 |
No organized campaign. |
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40 |
Our Courts Committee |
$544,605 |
No on Constitutional Amendment 40 |
$425,965 |
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Follow the
Money Alert: Of the $803,453 the Family Farm Association PAC Raised during the
period covered by this report, 78% came from seven donors: Loren Parks
$200,000 (25%); Seneca Sawmill Company $86,750 (11%); Norman Brenden and
Swanson Group, Inc. $72,250 (9%) each; A-Dec Dental Equipment and Columbia
Helicopters/Wes Lematta $65,250 (8%) each; Hire Calling Public Affairs
(Dick Wendt) $57,750 (7%) each. |
Oregon Education Association $50,000 (11.7%); Service
Employees International Union 503 Oregon Public Employees Union $30,000
(7.0%); Miller Nash LLP $25,000 (5.9%); Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP $15,500
(3.6%); Davis Wright Tremaine LLP $14,800 (3.5%); Our Oregon $14,500 (3.4%);
Ball Janik LLC, Freighltliner LLC, Harrang Long Gary Rudnick PC, Markowitz
Herbold Glade & Melhaf PC, Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlacter PC
$10,000 (2.3%) each |
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41 &
48 |
41 - Freedomworks Issues PAC 48 - Rainyday Amendment Committee |
41 -
$20,876 48 -
$1,400,895 |
Defend |
$3,523,849 |
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41 Freedomworks
$18,851 (90.3%); Taxpayer Defense Fund $1525 (7.3%); 48 Americans for Limited Government $730,672 (52.2%); Club
for Growth State Action $300,000 (21.4%); Restore Oregon’s Term Limits
$133,780 (9.6%); National Taxpayer’s Union $103,642 (7.4%); Taxpayer
Association of Oregon Spending Limit PAC $90,773 (6.5%); Bryan John $25,500
(1.8%); Taxpayer Association of Oregon $3250 (0.2%); Malcolm McIver $750
(<1%); Janet Esler Rose $450 (<1%) Follow the
Money Alert: Taxpayers Association of Oregon Spending Limit PAC received 94.1
percent of its money from Illinois-based group, Americans for Limited
Government, which is largely funded by |
Oregon
Education Association $814,031 (23.1%); American Association of Retired
People $399,712 (11.3%); Service Employees International Union Local 503 $295,230
(8.4%); AFT-Oregon Issue PAC $275,000 (7.8%); AARP Oregon $230,683 (6.5%);
Oregon AFSCME Council 75 $204,513 (5.8%); Oregon School Employees
Association, School Employees Exercising Democracy $201,000 (5.7%); Service
Employees International Union (SEIU) $152,763 (4.3%); Oregon AFL-CIO $90,880
(2.6%); Our Oregon $73,874 (2.1%) |
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42 |
No
organized campaign. |
Oregonians against Insurance Rate Increases
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$5,081,559 |
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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Company $803,031 (15.8%); Farmers Group, Inc. $694,101 (13.7%); Property
Casualty Insurers $604,800 (11.9%); Allstate Insurance Company $435,476
(8.6%); SAFECO Insurance Co of |
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Money
in Politics Research Action Project
43 |
Keep Our Daughters Safe dba Committee to Protect Our Teen
Daughters |
$950,159 |
No on 43 Committee |
$1,631,916 |
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Oregon
Right to Life PAC $749,007 (78.8%); Oregon Right to Life $92,634 (9.7%);
Oregon Right to Life Issues PAC $7000 (<1%); Michael Stepovich $3000
(<1%); Oregon Family Council Issues PAC $2136 (<1%); Jeff Scott
Peterson $2003(<1%); Columbia Helicopters, Inc $2000 (<1%); Gateway
Communications Inc $1543 (<1%); 20 Individual donors $1000 (<1%) each Follow the Money Alert: While OR Right to Life PAC has historically
received >90% of its contributions from donors giving $100 or less, it
raised about half of its money in this period from its affiliated 501 (c) 4
organization, whose donors never need to be disclosed. |
Planned
Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette $460,070 (28.2%); Planned Parenthood
Health Services of SW Oregon $132,234 (8.1%); NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon
$107,227 (6.6%); ACLU of Oregon $93,302 (5.7%); Planned Parenthood Action
Fund $80,370 (4.9%); Planned Parenthood of Western Washington $78,535 (4.8%);
Kulongoski for Governor $45,000 (2.8%); Planned Parenthood of California
$30,000 (1.8%); Planned Parenthood Federation of America $25,000 (1.5%);
Susan Burmeister-Brown and Henry Hillman Jr., $20,000 (1.2%) each |
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44 |
Yes on Measure 44 – Prescription for a Healthy |
$198,705 |
No
organized campaign. |
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AARP
Oregon $89,740 (45.2%); Oregonians for Health Security $19,884 (10.0%); Our
Oregon $19,288 (9.7%); Oregon School Employees Association School Employees
Exercising Democracy $15,000 (7.5%); Service Employees International Union
Local 503 $13,900 (7.0%); Oregon Education Association $13,000 (6.5%); Oregon
AFSCME Council 75 $10,000 (5.0%); CareOregon $5000 (2.5%); Oregon State
Public Interest Research Group $4598 (2.3%); Nurses United PAC, UFCW Northwest
Federal Credit Union $2500 (1.3%) each |
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45 |
Restore |
$2,025,555 |
Oregonians for Voter Choice |
$403,753 |
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US Term
Limits $1,240,000 (61.2%); National Taxpayers Union $700,000 (34.6%); Rainy
Day Amendment Committee $75,000 (3.7%); Committee to Restore Follow the
Money Alert: Illinois-based US Term Limits is largely funded by NY businessman
Howard Rich (Oregonian,
NY cash colors |
Public
Affairs Counsel $56,809 (14.1%); Oregonians against Unhealthy Taxes $41,966
(10.4%); Oregon Education Association $35,000 (8.7%); Majority 2006 $33,000
(8.2%); Oregon Association of Realtors $25,500 (6.3%); AGC Committee for
Action $25,000 (6.2%); CareOregon and Oregon Restaurant Association $20,000
(5.0%) each; Oregon Beverage PAC $15,000 (3.7%); Committee to Elect Dr. Alan
Bates, |
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Elections
are Term Limits |
$192,403 |
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Service
Employees International Union Local 503 $120,167 (62.5%); |
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46 &
47 |
Money is
Not Democracy (MIND) |
$769,866/
$502,256 |
Protect
Our Voice |
$262,912 |
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Harry
Lonsdale $245,000 (32.0%); Daniel Meek $238,600 (31.2%); Petitioning.net $135,410
(17.7%); Democracy’s Edge Action Fund $44,000 (5.8%); William Boyer $15,000
(2.0%); Kenneth Lewis $5851 (<1%); Steven Marsden, Kerstin Adams, Richard
Williams $1000 (<1%) each; Citizens for Yamhill County Public Utility
District $774 (<1%) Follow the Money Alert: The MIND PAC raised $764,718 through the
post-election reporting deadline to add to its $5148 balance. It spent $267,610 on the signature-gathering effort, leaving $502,256 for the November campaign. |
Service
Employees International Union Local 503 $100,500 (38.2%); Win McCormack
$75,000 (28.5%); Our |
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If you
Lose Your Voice This Time You’ll Never Get it Back Committee |
$436,558 |
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Oregon
Local Grocery Committee $80,000 (18.3%); Service Employees Local 503 $45,000
(10.3%); Oregon AFSCME Council 75 $40,000 (9.2%); Oregon Association of
Realtors and Oregon Health Care Association $30,000 (6.9%); Associated Oregon
Industries, AGC-Committee for Action, Oregon Forest Industries Council,
Oregon Restaurant Association, Oregon Restaurant Association PAC and Oregon
Auto Dealers Association PAC $25,000 (5.7%) each |
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No
Censorship Committee |
$12,000 |
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American
Civil Liberties |
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