Knute Buehler keeps raking in the campaign cash.

The Republican gubernatorial candidate recorded a $1 million donation Friday from the Republican Governors Association, his third million-dollar pick-up of the campaign.

The other two million-dollar checks came from Nike founder Phil Knight. The billionaire also cut the Republican Governors Association a $1 million check in August, which then gave Buehler more than $900,000.

Buehler, a two-term state representative from Bend, and incumbent Gov. Kate Brown are locked in a tight race and ballots are already in the hands of most Oregon voters.

Buehler has raised more than $12 million this year and has $3.9 million in cash on hand. Brown has raised nearly $10 million, with $3.5 million in the bank.

-- Gordon R. Friedman