In Oregon there's a movement underway to curb or at least expose major corporate political donations. Phil Knight is a huge contributor whose company, Nike gets enormous tax breaks. Phil Knight is also a big time philanthropist, he's donated hundreds of millions of dollars to each of his alma maters, as well as Oregon Health & Science University. In total, he has donated over $2 billion to the three institutions. During the recent election, the Nike co-founder and chairman gave Knute Buehler (R) $1.5 million in his race against incumbent Kate Brown (D).