Oregon Campaign Finance

Data sourced from ORESTAR — updated daily — cash contributions & expenditures, 2006–present

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?Counted: All cash and check donations received by committees.
Condition: Transactions classified as cash contributions in ORESTAR.
Meaning: The total dollar amount of direct monetary donations.
Cash Contributions
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?Counted: Non-cash contributions such as goods, services, or event space.
Condition: Transactions classified as in-kind contributions in ORESTAR.
Meaning: The estimated fair-market value of donated goods and services rather than cash.
In-Kind Received
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?Counted: All payments made by committees for campaign operations.
Condition: Transactions classified as expenditures in ORESTAR.
Meaning: The total money spent on advertising, staff, events, consulting, and other campaign costs.
Total Expenditures
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?Calculated from: Beginning balance + cash contributions + other receipts − cash expenditures − other disbursements, summed across all recorded transactions.
Beginning balance: For committees that pre-date ORESTAR (before 2006), the beginning balance is their "Beginning Balance (Previous Year)" from the earliest year on record. Committees created in 2006 or later start at $0 since all their transactions are captured.
Meaning: How much liquid cash a committee currently holds, calculated entirely from transaction-level data. If a warning icon appears, it shows the difference between this calculation and the official ORESTAR ending cash balance.
Cash on Hand
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?Counted: Every individual contribution and expenditure record.
Condition: All transaction rows in the ORESTAR dataset (both contributions and expenditures).
Meaning: The total number of individual financial transactions recorded across all committees.
Total Transactions
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Account Summary Details

Contributions by Donor Type

Monthly Cash Flow (Contributions vs. Expenditures)

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