Select Key Miscellaneous PACS

First, some important notes:

Much of the flow of money to candidates goes through political committees.  The Money in Politics Research Action Project has created a database of contributors of more than $200 to key Oregon political action committees or PACs. The database also includes the total amounts of contributions of $50 or less and total amounts of contributions between $51 and $200. MiPRAP’s database on contributions to key PACs breaks through the anonymity that many contributors gain by giving to PACs rather than directly to candidates. The PACs included in MiPRAP's database are those that were particularly active in the current election cycle raising and spending significant amounts of money.
 
Contribution data for both 1998 and 2000 election cycles are available for the PACs listed below. All the data is from the Elections Division. Contributions are either cash or in-kind donations. The 1998 and 2000 data has been cross referenced with summary data from the Elections Division. When there were oustanding loans at the end of the election cycle those are noted. 2002 contribution data is as reported during the election cycle.

All of these committees can spend money on both candidates and ballot measures. The only ballot measure committee included is the major PAC, No Taxpayer Handouts for Politicians, that opposed 2000's ballot measure 6 concerning campaign finance reform.  It is interesting to note that most contributors to this committee were PACs or business groups.  These organizations evidently didn't want to see a change in the status quo. Let us know of committees that you want to know more about!

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