SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The latest campaign expense reports show that candidates for governor have spent more than $6 million dollars in the Oregon primary.
The reports released Friday show that Gov. Ted Kulongoski, a Democrat, and Republicans Kevin Mannix and Ron Saxton, have each spent about $400,000 this month alone.
The reports also show that medical equipment manufacturer Loren Parks has boosted his donations to Mannix to $731,000 so far – making Parks the largest single political donor in state history.
The other major contributor to political advertising during the primary has been a group funded with $820,000 from the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde.
The tribe has funded TV ads critical of Kulongoski and Mannix, while supporting Jim Hill, a former state treasurer who has challenged fellow Democrat Kulongoski for their party’s nomination in the primary.
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Gubernatorial hopefuls’ campaign funds As reported Friday, May 12
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