Observed arrival · 2026-10-20

Who's Buying PDX traces Portland campaign money

whosbuyingpdx.com Visit website

Editorial interest 82/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

An interactive investigation of donor overlaps among six Portland candidates and Republican or local conservative campaigns.

Landing page captured for the 2026-10-20 issue.

For: Portland voters researching local campaign finance
Worth noticing: Donor households are matched by address, ZIP and employer, or manual filing-record review; only gifts over $100 count.

Field notes

The visualization treats each dot as a donor household, grouping people who share an address and deduplicating a person found at two addresses. The stated matching process uses street address or PO box, ZIP and employer, plus manual filing-record review. Counts begin in January 2023, include 2024 campaigns, and omit gifts of $100 or less; the site says those smaller-gift records have been requested.

Observed signals

Read the marks

Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.

○OpenPublic substance visible

✦PrettyNotable craft visible

●ProPolished or operationally mature

◎NicheUnusually specific use

◉HumanPersonal, local, civic, or handmade

One card from the complete issue

Cicada Prime

344,979 arrived 1,000 judged 983 catalogued Enter the complete issue