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On Thursday, Steve Duin wrote a column discussing the need for campaign finance reforms supported by State Senator Vicki Walker, who is running for Secretary of State against Rick Metsger and Kate Brown.

By Thursday afternoon, the OEA had dropped another $25,000 on the race, bringing Brown's total to more than $400,000 - $285,000 more than her two opponents in the Democratic Primary race for Secretary of State combined

Duin from his blog ...

Steve Duin has a nice take on CFR in his column today.

Forty-seven of our 50 states have placed limits on political campaign contributions, believing it is possible to constrain the corrosive impact of money on elective politics without restricting free speech.

h/t to LoadedOrygun.

In 2007, a bi-partisan coalition of legislators voted 57-2 in th house and 28-1 in the Senate to beef up Oregon's anti-pornography laws.

Today, Naral, the ACLU, and Powell's bookstore announced their intention to challenge the new law in Federal Court.

The Cascades are a geographic boundary that divides Eastern Oregon from the Wilamette Valley and the Oregon Coast.

If a group of political consultants from Hood River have their way, the Cascades will one day divide Oregon into two states.

Read the full coverage by the Associated Press

The US Supreme Court will hear oral argument this week on the Millionaire's Amendment of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA), “MCCain Feingold.” The Millionaire's Amendment is a provision that requires self funded candidates

Secretary of State Bill Bradbury is in charge of enforcing Oregon's campaign finance laws. He should be red-faced with embarrassment today. Yesterday the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld fines against him and his 2004 political committee for failure to completely and accurately report his expenditures for commissions to an advertising firm and the cost of buying TV airtime during his 2004 campaign. Bradbury was the treasurer of the group and responsible for filing campaign contribution and expenditure reports.