Democracy Wire

It didn’t use to be this way. District Attorney races have historically been overwhelmingly white, underfinanced, and unimaginative. District attorney races lurked someway down-ballot, attracting little attention and fewer dollars as a largely uninterested public looked the other way.

Here’s a quick rundown on Oregon’s 2022 legislative results, with a focus on the critical issues impacting our democracy.

Here’s a quick democracy rundown on Oregon’s 2021 legislative session, including the good, the bad, and the work ahead…

Oregon’s 2021 legislative session is underway. Here are some of the upcoming state legislative bills aimed at impacting democracy.

We’re letting candidates know that if they want to represent us in the halls of Congress or in overseeing our state democracy, they can start by pledging to ethical leadership now, as they campaign for our votes.

As the Oregon Legislature wraps up it’s 2019 session, let's take stock of what we won this session. We moved forward on campaign finance reform, election security and voting rights.