Supporters and opponents of Measure 92 have raised a total of $16.7 million and have spent $13.4 million so far.
Supporters and opponents of Measure 92 have raised a total of $16.7 million and have spent $13.4 million so far.
Virtually all of the largest contributors on both sides are from outside Oregon. For supporters, they are consumer groups and organic processors. For opponents, they are food manufacturers and biotechnology groups.
The record for an Oregon ballot measure campaign was set in 2007, when $15 million was spent — $12 million of it by major tobacco companies — on a proposed increase in cigarette taxes tied to an expansion of children’s health care. Voters rejected the measure; lawmakers funded the expansion by other means two years later.
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