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Kate Brown Lands Biggest Contribution Of Her Campaign

File photo. Oregon Governor Brown has received more than $250,000 in campaign contributions since she announced that she will run to keep her office.
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File photo. Oregon Governor Brown has received more than $250,000 in campaign contributions since she announced that she will run to keep her office.

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made another big-money contribution to an Oregon candidate. The recipient this time is Democratic Gov. Kate Brown.

Brown's campaign reported a $250,000 gift from Bloomberg. He often gives to candidates who share his view that stronger gun control laws are needed.

Bloomberg is among the leaders of an advocacy group called Everytown for Gun Safety. Bloomberg and Everytown have combined to give more than $3 million to Oregon candidates and political action committees over the past two years.

All told, Brown has raised nearly $3.7 million since she became governor in February of last year. Her chief rival, Republican Bud Pierce, has raised about $2.5 million. Roughly half of that has been Pierce and his wife's own money.

The winner of this year's election will serve the remaining two years on former Gov. John Kitzhaber's term.

Copyright 2016 Northwest News Network

Chris Lehman graduated from Temple University with a journalism degree in 1997. He landed his first job less than a month later, producing arts stories for Red River Public Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana. Three years later he headed north to DeKalb, Illinois, where he worked as a reporter and announcer for NPR–affiliate WNIJ–FM. In 2006 he headed west to become the Salem Correspondent for the Northwest News Network.
Chris Lehman
Chris Lehman graduated from Temple University with a journalism degree in 1997. He landed his first job less than a month later, producing arts stories for Red River Public Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana. Three years later he headed north to DeKalb, Illinois, where he worked as a reporter and announcer for NPR–affiliate WNIJ–FM. In 2006 he headed west to become the Salem Correspondent for the Northwest News Network.