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Elevated Campaigns

Paid $20K by Portland’s business-backed and conservative campaigns and PACs since January 2025, and also paid by Democratic, labor or progressive committees this cycle.

What: Political ads, mail and polling
Where: Chicago
Website: elevatedcampaigns.com
Also files as: a division of Compass Media Group, Inc.

Business & conservative side, 2025–26$20K

Progressive side, 2025–26—

Every Oregon committee, 2025–26$661K

Every Oregon committee, all years$5.88M50 committees since 2017 (at least)

Who’s behind it

Julie Cutler, President. Previously ran independent-expenditure work backing Democratic candidates, including Barack Obama. elevatedcampaigns.com
Jack Quigley, Managing partner and chief operations officer. Co-founded parent company Compass Media Group in 1998. elevatedcampaigns.com
Jake Foster, Vice president for strategy & client services. University of Oregon graduate elevatedcampaigns.com

What to know

The Chamber’s PACs have paid it more than $1.2M: $472K in 2020 and $739K from Coalition for Portland’s Future in 2024, plus $19.7K so far for Portland Alliance PAC polls in 2026. The Oregon Capital Chronicle reported those surveys cost $43,000. ORESTAR
Says its clients include labor unions, progressive advocacy groups, trade associations and candidates. elevatedcampaigns.com
Formerly known as Compass Media Group; hired ex-DCCC adviser Sherry Greenberg in 2013. Campaigns & Elections
The Oregon Capital Chronicle describes Jake Foster as the firm’s Portland-based consultant. Oregon Capital Chronicle via OPB, Apr 30, 2026

Who paid it, Jan 2025 – Oct 2026

Portland city and county races

Portland Alliance PACBusiness-backed side$20K

Every other Oregon committee

Protect Our CountyOther$414K
Heather Buch (Lane County)Other$194K
Democratic Party of Lane CountyDemocratic, labor, progressive$30K
Pam TreeceGrouped with the business-backed side$2K

Every Oregon committee, all years

$5.88M from 50 committees since 2017 (at least: the search caps out on firms this busy). The biggest:

Coalition for Portland’s Future2024$739K
Mike for DA2023–2024$635K
United for Portland2020$472K
Protect Our County2026$414K
Portland United PAC2022$400K
Heather Buch for Oregon2021–2026$296K
Friends of Brian Decker2022$279K
Friends of Peter Grabiel2024$253K
Mike Schmidt for Multnomah DA2019–2020$228K
Democratic Party of Oregon2018–2024$212K

Earlier: $739K from the Chamber’s Coalition for Portland’s Future in 2024, and $472K from the Chamber PAC in 2020.

Sources

Portland race payments: the campaigns’ own ORESTAR filings. Other clients and all-years history: a Ballast vendor search of every Oregon committee in ORESTAR. Both pulled Oct 19, 2026.
Elevated Campaigns website
Elevated Campaigns, Our Team
Campaigns & Elections, June 20, 2013
OPB (Oregon Capital Chronicle), April 30, 2026