Total Contributions and Top 10 Contributors to Each Side of Measures on the November 2006 Ballot Through General Post Reporting Period

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.

Oregon Family Farm Association PAC $42,563 (53.2%); Seneca Jones Timber Company $35,000 (43.7%); Oregonians in Action PAC $1000 (1.2%); Oregonians in Action $977 (1.2%); Oregon Association of Realtors $500 (0.6%)

40

Our Courts Committee

$544,605

No on Constitutional Amendment 40

$425,965

Oregon Family Farm Association PAC $522,928 (96.0%); Judicial Integrity Coalition $20,261 (3.7%); Oregonians in Action $1316 (<1%); Larry George $100 (<1%)

 

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

 

41 & 48

41 - Freedomworks Issues PAC

 

48 - Rainyday Amendment Committee

41 - $20,876

 

48 - $1,400,895

Defend Oregon Coalition

$3,523,849

41

Freedomworks $18,851 (90.3%); Taxpayer Defense Fund $1525 (7.3%); Oregon Citizens for a Sound Economy PAC $500 (2.4%)

 

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 New York businessman Howard Rich (Oregonian, NY cash colors Oregon ballot, August 5, 2006).  Contributions from Restore Oregon Term Limits PAC appear to be for in-kind contributions for joint campaign work.

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%)

 

42

No organized campaign.

Oregonians against Insurance Rate Increases

$5,081,559

 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 America $362,828 (7.1%); Progressive $294,036 (5.8%); St. Paul Travelers $188,388 (3.7%); Liberty Mutual $176,774 (3.5%); American Family Mutual Insurance Company $170,502 (3.4%); Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company $164,096 (3.2%)

 

 

 

 

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43

Keep Our Daughters Safe dba Committee to Protect Our Teen Daughters

$950,159

No on 43 Committee

$1,631,916

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

44

Yes on Measure 44 – Prescription for a Healthy Oregon

$198,705

No organized campaign.

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

45

Restore Oregon’s Term Limits Committee

$2,025,555

Oregonians for Voter Choice                          

$403,753

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 Oregon Term Limits $10,305 (<1%); Paul Farago $250 (<1%)

 

Follow the Money Alert: Illinois-based US Term Limits is largely funded by NY businessman Howard Rich (Oregonian, NY cash colors Oregon ballot, August 5, 2006).  Contributions from Rainy Day Amendment Committee appear to be in exchange for in-kind contributions for joint campaign work.

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, Oregon AFSCME Council 75, Oregon Health Care Association PAC, Pacificorp, and The Kate Brown Committee $10,000 (2.5%)

Elections are Term Limits

$192,403

Service Employees International Union Local 503 $120,167 (62.5%); Oregon Education Association $30,000 (15.6%); Oregon AFL-CIO L2K6 Account $25,000 (13.0%); Our Oregon $17,237 (9.0%)

46 & 47

Money is Not Democracy (MIND)

$769,866/ $502,256

Protect Our Voice

$262,912

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 Oregon $50,116 (19.1%); Oregon Education Association $25,000 (9.5%); International Union of Painters and Allied Trades $3500 (1.3%); Debi Coleman, Coquille Indian Tribe and Edmund Hayes Jr. $2500 (1.0%) each; Linda Love $1000 (<1%); Merry Demarest $200 (<1%)

If you Lose Your Voice This Time You’ll Never Get it Back Committee

$436,558

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

No Censorship Committee

$12,000

American Civil Liberties Union $11,500 (95.8%); AFT-Oregon Issue PAC $500 (4.2%)