Candidates running to represent Oregon in Congress raised more than $2.4 million between July 1 and Sept. 30, federal campaign finance records show.
All candidates running for U.S. Congress must report how much money they’ve raised and spent every three months to the Federal Election Commission , the agency tasked with enforcing campaign finance laws. Candidates had until Oct. 15 to submit this year’s third quarterly report.
Incumbent Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat in the U.S. Senate since 2009, raised the most out of his Oregon congressional colleagues this quarter, raising $818,000 and spending $364,000. He has $5.1 million remaining in his campaign fund, mostly from rollover funds from previous campaign cycles, federal records show. Meanwhile, Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Ron Wy

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