Voters here usually back Republican candidates by wide margins. Cliff Bentz, a Republican, has taken $10,786 in donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group. Chris Beck, a Democrat, shows no AIPAC-linked donations in available records.
Key issues in Oregon
Major issues facing Oregon, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.
Cost of living — Affordability now eclipses homelessness as voters' top worry, from groceries to gas and utilities.
Housing affordability — Most voters say housing affordability keeps getting worse across the state.
Homelessness crisis — Homelessness remains a defining crisis, especially in the Portland metro area.
High taxes — Voters blame high taxes for sluggish growth, and taxes top reasons Portlanders consider leaving.
Vote-by-mail under pressure — Federal challenges to mail voting and a massive voter-roll cleanup put election rules in focus.
Government dysfunction — Voters increasingly say government is mismanaged and the political system itself feels broken.
Candidates & funding
Cliff Bentz RepublicanNominee
AIPAC-linked $10,786FundVoter-reported, career 2024–2026 — methodology replication pending
AIPAC PAC and AIPAC-routed contributions, 2024 cycle. Source: FEC filings via FundVoter.
No 2026 conduit activity detectedFEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle
A PAC can give at most $10K per cycle directly to a candidate. But when individuals route donations through a PAC acting as conduit, there’s no cap on how many donors can be bundled. That’s where the real money moves — not from the PAC’s treasury, but from individuals the PAC steered to the candidate. How conduits work →
2026 fundraising (FEC)$1,011,413 raised · $646,983 spent · $1,420,775 cash on hand through Jun 30, 2026
Focus: Protecting and improving Eastern, Central, and Southern Oregon
FEC campaign finance data through Jun 30, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.
Cliff Bentz R
Chris Beck D
Raised
$1M
$95K
Individuals
$449K44%
$87K92%
PACs & parties
$562K56%
$8K8%
Self-funded
$0
$0
Other
$1K0%
$240%
AIPAC-linked*
$11K
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Outside spending†
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* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.
† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.
“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.
Who are the biggest donors?
Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.
Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.
Cliff Bentz473 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$1.0M
Campaign spent$647K
Cash on hand$1.4M
FEC 2026 through 06/30/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals44%
PACs / committees56%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
ROUTED CONTRIBUTIONS
No 2026 conduit activity detected
FEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle. Career AIPAC-linked total (above) may reflect prior cycles. How conduits work →
Individual$15K
Trade association PAC$11K
Individual$10K
Membership PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
PAC$9K
Leadership PAC$8K
Individual$8K
Corporate PAC$8K
Corporate PAC$8K
Corporate PAC$8K
PAC$8K
Corporate PAC$8K
Individual$7K
Organization$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
PAC$7K
Individual$7K
Corporate PAC$6K
Individual$6K
Individual$6K
Individual$6K
Corporate PAC$6K
Corporate PAC$6K
Cooperative PAC$6K
Trade association PAC$6K
Corporate PAC$6K
Organization$5K
Organization$5K
Trade association PAC$5K
Trade association PAC$5K
Membership PAC$5K
Corporate PAC$5K
Trade association PAC$5K
Corporate PAC$5K
Corporate PAC$5K
Corporate PAC$5K
Corporate PAC$5K
Corporate PAC$5K
Membership PAC$5K
Trade association PAC$5K
Corporate PAC$5K
Corporate PAC$5K
Leadership PAC$5K
Trade association PAC$5K
Showing the 50 biggest of 473 donors. The other 423 gave $635K combined.
Plus $92K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.
These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.