The money behind
Portland’s next council.

Tiffany Koyama Lane leads in all cash raised. Steve Novick leads if you leave out City matching money. Koyama Lane’s $277,809.22 includes $200,000.00 from the City. Novick’s $190,893.99 includes $100,000.00. Both views matter: one shows campaign resources, the other shows money from outside the matching program.

Torres also passes Morillo when City matches are left out. The chart includes smaller campaigns; 12 other candidates lack reviewed records and are not shown as $0.

The City restored higher matching limits on June 24. A large City deposit may reflect gifts made earlier, not a sudden rush of new donors. City notice.

Arnold leads Zimmerman by $112,638.15 in all cash raised—but by just $738.15 without City matches. That second view also puts Green and Clark much closer to them.

Green’s biggest week for cash outside City matching was July 20–26, before September’s controversy. Clark’s was March 16–22. Her last recorded contribution outside City matching is September 8. Blank later weeks do not prove that fundraising stopped.

Across these 17 campaigns, weekly cash outside City matches rose from about $6,400 early in 2026 to $26,600 after mid-July. Follow the lines and select a dated event to see the money reported around it.

District 3 campaigns report $105,685.16 from outside versus $41,428.87 from inside the district among cash we can place. District 4 reports $99,274.45 from inside versus $81,216.96 outside.

Much of the money has no reliable location. The charts use reported addresses or ZIPs, never publish street addresses, and leave out City matching deposits.

At least 131 of 1,117 listed individual donor entries appear in more than one reviewed campaign. Each district elects three councilors, so supporting several candidates is not necessarily hedging.

The endorsement lists do not make two sealed camps. SEIU lists all six incumbents; Oregon AFSCME names candidates on both sides of the apparent divide.

The IBEW Local 48 Small Donor PAC gave $2,225 across Green, Zimmerman, Clark and Novick. See all reported donor portfolios.

Arnold has $229,675.22 in reported cash on hand; Green has $104,923.78. Money raised and money still in the account are different questions.

More cash on hand can mean more resources for the closing weeks. It does not tell us whose earlier spending worked.

Zimmerman also has $45,000.00 in reported outstanding loans. Debt is separate from cash on hand.

The balances come from committee reports, not bank audits. Unpaid bills and loans may reduce what campaigns can actually spend.

Our supplier investigation shows who received the 2,441 reported payments from these campaigns.

The reviewed voter-guide roster has one named auditor candidate, Simone Rede. Her linked committee records $6,605.78 in cash contributions and no reviewed City matching receipts in this window. The absence of a recorded payment does not establish program ineligibility.

Her last recorded cash contribution is June 11. Later empty months are not enough to conclude that she stopped soliciting or receiving money. With no second named candidate on the checked roster, a comparative fundraising leaderboard would add no useful race evidence.

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Oregon’s larger database contains 316,926 records from 1,888 filing groups. The biggest totals mix candidates and political committees, so they are not a race leaderboard.

The statewide investigation looks at big-picture funding and disclosure. Race-by-race stories elsewhere in Oregon still need more verified candidate links. Federal races require separate FEC data.