Election 2024: Salem mayoral, council races shaping up to shatter donation records

Donations for the Salem City Council and mayoral primary election races are shaping up to shatter local election campaign funding records. With hundreds of thousands of dollars of cash and in-kind donations pouring into the Salem City Council and mayoral races, the 2024 primary election is shaping up to shatter local campaign fundraising records. Committees for the nine candidates have raised a total of $359,495 as of April 23, according to Oregon Secretary of State campaign finance records. The donations flooding in are funding campaigns for unpaid, volunteer positions. The...