Gordon Friedman

Statesman Journal

Who are the Oregonians donating to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump?

Clinton's top donors in Oregon are often business people, attorneys and government officials, while those giving most to Trump tend to be retired or self employed and many live in rural areas, records from the Federal Election Commission show.

Top Oregon R's are cautious, critical of Trump

Records also show that many Democratic state lawmakers or members of their staffs have donated to Clinton, but no Republican state lawmakers have given money to Trump.

Instead, conservative figures are contributing to the Republican National Committee, including Rep. Greg Baretto, R-La Grande; Marion County Circuit Court judge and former Oregon GOP chair Vance Day; and current Oregon GOP head Marjorie Hughes.

Federal records show Oregonians have donated to the RNC four times as often as to Trump. Oregon's Republican leaders have expressed tepid support of Trump or none at all.

Overall, Oregonians donate to Clinton over Trump at a 40-to-1 ratio.

Clinton's official campaign has raised $1.4 million in Oregon from more than 15,800 donations, while Trump has raised $110,000 on less than 400 donations.

Nationwide, Clinton has raised $435 million to Trump's $137 million, according to OpenSecrets.org of the Center for Responsive Politics. Those figures include individual and PAC donations.

Below are Oregon donors who gave the most to the Clinton and Trump campaigns — or who are notable for their position in state government.

Clinton donors:

Chrys Martin, Davis Wright Tremaine attorney, $6,000

Tim and Joe Boyle, Columbia Sportswear executives, $5,400

Ben Souede, general counsel for Gov. Kate Brown, $5,400

Carol Butler, campaign adviser for Gov. Kate Brown, $5,400

Winthrop McCormack, publisher, $5,400

Carol Benson, consultant, $5,400

Beth Anderson, President and CEO of LifeMap and Hubbub Health, $3,700

Tom D'Amore, Lake Oswego attorney, $3,700

Michael Powell, founder of Powell's Books, $2,700

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, member of Congress, $2,700

Mary Wheat, Oregon Lottery Commission member and Portland Police Bureau detective, $2,700

Stacy Cross, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette, $2,700

Rep. Darlene Hooley, former member of Congress, $2,700

Erin Janssens, Portland fire chief, $2,700

Joann Russell, Vice president of Nike, $2,289

Rep. Alissa Kenny-Guyer, member of state Legislature, $1,500

Rep. Tobias Read, member of state Legislature and State Treasurer candidate, $1,050

Sen. Sara Gelser, member of state Legislature, $1,025

Rep. Tina Kotek, speaker of Oregon House of Representatives, $1,000

Rep. Jessica Vega Pederson, member of state Legislature, $1,000

Keith Raines, Washington County Circuit Court judge, $1,000

Rep. Shemia Fagan, member of state Legislature, $660

Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon Attorney General, $500

Katy Coba, Department of Administrative Services director, $300

Rep. Val Hoyle, member of state Legislature, $250

Barry Pack, acting Oregon Lottery director, $200

Trump donors:

John Captain, owner of Portland Tub and Tan, $5,700

Michael and Carol Clarenbach, retired, $5,400

Craig Rowland, CEO of Crawling Road, $2,700

Karen Takahashi, homemaker, $2,700

Charles Watkins, CEO of Wave Force Systems, $2,700

Raymond Huckaba, constructing and minerals business owner, $2,440

Jim Atwood, property owner and realtor, $2,000

William Girard, CEO of Plaid Pantries, $2,000

Pete Rogers, CEO of Mountain West Real Estate, $1,711

Laura Spear, retired, $1,500

Ross Allen, farmer, $1,000

Howard Dietrich Jr., developer, $1,000

Dennis Murphy Jr., CEO of Murphy Overseas Holdings, $1,000

Mark Simco, clock and watch maker, $1,000

Jeffrey Lawrence, Intel attorney, $872

Betsy Bingham, Senior vice president at Philips, $250

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