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April 27, 2012
BIG MONEY, from page 12
Table 2 - Contribution Percentages by Location
Hales has received two contributions of
$25,000 each from investment fund
manager David Nierenberg and construction
company Stacy & Witbeck. Pennsylvania
resident Barbara Hall, , founder of
Rejuvenation House Parts James Kelley, and
property manager Melvin Mark each gave
$20,000 while real estate investor Albert
Solheim gave $15,250. TNT Development
gave $12,500 which is interesting since they
also gave $10,000 to Eileen Brady’s
campaign.
The top 20 contributors to Smith’s
comprise 26 percent of his total fundraising.
The top donor is political consultant Megan
Hull giving $11,000. AFSCME Local 189,
Oregon AFSCME Council 75, and Susan
Burmeister-Brown each gave $10,000.
O’Neill Electric gave $9,000.
Outside of Oregon
Unknown*
Eileen Brady
9% -19 states
7%
Charlie Hales
21% -13 states
9%
70%
Jefferson Smith
23% -18 states
22%
55%
Candidate
Oregon
84%
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* Unitemized contributions o f $100 or less do not include a donor’s name and address so not all
contributions can be identified by location. Due to rounding percentages may not add up to 100
Percent.
Table 3 - Double Giving: 20 Contributors
To Brady, Hales
and Smith
To Brady and
To Brady and
To Hales and
Hales
Smith
Smith
6 contributors
39 contributors
11 contributors
$15,570
$128,200
$11,430
2 contributors
$11,000
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Contribution Geography
Candidates have friends and connections
that often cross city and state lines so
contributions from outside of Portland and
Oregon shouldn’t be a big surprise. Smith
has the largest percentage of contributions
coming from outside of Oregon at 23
percent from donors in 18 other states.
Hales’ fundraising comes from 13 other
states and comprises 21 percent of his total
contributions. Brady’s fundraising includes
9 percent from donors in 19 other states.
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Double giving is when one donor gives
financial support to two or more candidates
in a race.
Thus far in 2012 mayoral fundraising, 58
contributors have hedged their bets and
made contributions to more than one
candidate. These double-giving contributions
total $166,880 and comprise 9 percent of
the combined fundraising by Brady, Hales,
than dedicated support for one candidate.
Six donors gave contributions to all three
candidates that totaled $15,570. Thirty-nine
donors gave $128,200 to Brady and Hales
while another 11 contributors gave $11,430
to Brady and Smith and 2 donors gave
$11,000 to Hales and Smith.
Some double givers donate the same
amount to each candidate. For example,
William Dickey who owns a printing
company used by many political campaigns
has given $1,000 each to Brady, Hales, and
Smith as did frequent political donor Win
McCormack. John Carter of Schnitzer Steel
Industries also gave $1,000 each to Brady,
Hales, and Smith. Another triple giver,
James Winkler of Winkler Development has,
thus far, given $3,500 to Brady, $500 to
Hales, and $250 to Smith. Making the
largest double giving donations is TNT
Development Co. that contributed $10,000
and Smith. M ost of the double giving
to Brady and $12,500 to Hales. The m ost
involves contributions from one donor to
both Brady and Hales. This trend is
troubling given that the contributions seem
to be more about ensuring future access
lopsided double giver is railroad car
manufacturer, Greenbrier Company, who
gave $10,000 to Hales and $1,750 to Brady.
Contributions from double givers
Double Giving
comprises 8 percent of Brady’s fundraising,
13 percent of fundraising by Hales and 4
percent of Smith’s fundraising, all as
reported through April 20th. These are
comparable to the double giving in the 2004
contest between Sam Adams and Nick Fish
where the percentage of fundraising from
donors who gave to both Adams and Fish
ranged from 8.6 percent of primary
fundraising by Adams to 12.8 percent of
general fundraising by Fish.
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Broken System
Everyday Portlanders can’t afford to write
checks of $1,000 much less $10,000 to
mayoral candidates. Portland’s private
money campaign finance system is broken
as demonstrated by the domination of
fundraising by such a small number of
donors who can write these large checks.
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Double giving is another dem onstration
of the broken private money campaign
finance system since this contribution
pattern seems designed to ensure access no
matter who wins.
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