UPDATED: Parrish Changes Campaign Filing to Show Koch Contribution

Willamette Week:

Rep. Julie Parrish (R-West Linn) has amended a campaign contribution filing with the state Elections Division, disclosing that a $1,000 donation came from Koch Industries—and not from Georgia Pacific, as she had earlier reported.

Koch, a Kansas-based energy company purchased Georgia Pacific, a forest-products company with mills in Oregon, in 2005. David H. Koch and Charles G. Koch, the brothers who own Koch Industries, have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into conservative candidates nationwide, with an emphasis on the Tea Party.

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