Gonzalez Supporter Files Elections Complaint With State About Keith Wilson and His Family's Campaign Donations

The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office has received an elections complaint about the donation patterns of Portland mayoral candidate Keith Wilson and his family.

As WW reported last week, Wilson, a front-runner for mayor, donated to 49 candidates for city office this year. In total, Wilson, his wife and his children donated 130 times in the past year. Twenty-two of those candidates received donations from all four members of the Wilson family. Nearly all of those candidates contributed to Wilson’s campaign.

The complaint was filed by Kim McGair, a longtime supporter of Wilson’s rival, mayoral candidate and City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez. It alleges that the Wilson family donations represent a “quid pro quo arrangement.”

“Keith Wilson’s family, particularly his college age children, made numerous donations to candidates which are likely: 1) donations by Keith himself; 2) contribution swapping in violation of Oregon law. It is completely unbelievable that his college age children independently chose to give 25 and 27 (respectively) donations to the exact same candidates who also gave donations to Mr. Wilson,” McGair wrote in the Oct. 25 complaint, a copy of which was shared with WW. “This is clearly an orchestrated quid pro quo arrangement that violates Oregon law and makes a complete mockery of Portland’s small donor program.”



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