
What Your Donation Helps Fund
Your donation supports something called VAN, the Voter Activation Network. It’s the main tool campaigns use to reach voters, track conversations, and organize volunteers for phonebanks, textbanks, and canvassing.
But here’s the thing. They make it harder for newcomers to run.
VAN charges first-time candidates like me around $5,000, while incumbents only pay $2,500 for the same access.
That kind of pay-to-play setup keeps everyday people out of politics. It is exactly why grassroots campaigns like ours need your help even more.
When you donate, you are not just funding data. You are helping level the playing field for working-class candidates and making sure Oregon’s voters are heard, one conversation at a time.
Power starts with us.