By Brock Simmons
Over in wild blue Oregon, even half of the so-called republicans end up acting like democrats. Some of them even help get democrats elected. But few have the gall to run for Governor on the Republican ticket after contributing countless thousands of dollars to democrat candidates and PACs that support those candidates and far left causes.
William Pierce is one such person who either lacks the self-awareness to see how bad of a look this is, or is just so smug he doesn’t care. If the name William Pierce doesn’t so familiar to Oregonians, perhaps you know him better by his public persona name: Bud Pierce. That’s the name all over the signs and ads for his Gubernatorial campaign. You see, he likes to donate a lot of his money to politicians. Since many of them are democrats, and he runs as a Republican under his nickname, he uses different variations of his name in the contribution filings.
Just who has William “Bud” Pierce given his money to over the years? To be fair, out of the 107 federal entries and hundreds of Oregon records, most of his contributions have gone to republican candidates and causes. However, many of the contributions have gone to democrat candidates and associated PACs. He’s been a loyal donor to democrat Congressman Kurt Schrader, who has represented Oregon’s 5th Congressional district since 2008. It’s considered a swing district. Pierce has given him $15,900. Pierce’s money has gone to defeating Republicans in close races that determine the House majority.