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Nike co-founder Phil Knight recently donated $1 million to Knute Buehler’s campaign, according to an article written by the Willamette Week.

Although the donation hasn’t been recorded with the Secretary of State’s office—and Buehler’s spokewoman, Monica Wroblewski hasn’t confirmed the donation—Willamette Week said Knight’s total donation is now $1.5 million for this year’s gubernatorial run.

Outside of Knight’s donations, the largest single donation was Roseburg Forest Products Company, which gave $100,000. Bend’s Hayden Homes donated twice at $50,000 a piece. 

This article appears in Sep 5-12, 2018.

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Big Bucks to Knute’s Campaign

by Chris Miller, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 5, 2018

<h1>Big Bucks to Knute’s Campaign</h1> <p class="byline">by Chris Miller, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />September 5, 2018</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/endorsements-d9a21bd3ccb8c21e.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/endorsements-d9a21bd3ccb8c21e.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-28802" /></a></figure> <p> Nike co-founder Phil Knight recently donated $1 million to Knute Buehler's campaign, according to an article written by the <a href="https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/09/06/nike-founder-phil-knight-writes-a-million-dollar-check-to-republican-candidate-for-oregon-governor-knute-buehler/" target="_blank">Willamette Week</a>.</p> <p>Although the donation hasn't been recorded with the Secretary of State's office—and Buehler's&nbsp;spokewoman, Monica Wroblewski hasn't confirmed the donation—Willamette Week said Knight's total donation is now $1.5 million for this year's gubernatorial run.</p> <p>Outside of Knight's donations, the largest single donation was Roseburg Forest Products Company, which gave $100,000. Bend's Hayden Homes donated twice at $50,000 a piece.&nbsp;</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/big-bucks-to-knutes-campaign-7418951/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=28790&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/big-bucks-to-knutes-campaign-7418951/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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