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Patinkin Research

Paid $58K by Portland’s business-backed and conservative campaigns and PACs since January 2025.

What: Democratic polling firm
Where: Gig Harbor, Washington
Website: patinkinresearch.com
Also files as: Patinkin Research Strategies, LLC
Business registry: PATINKIN RESEARCH STRATEGIES, LLC, Domestic limited liability company (Oregon), Active, registered 2012-11-16, No. 89563796

Business & conservative side, 2025–26$58K

Progressive side, 2025–26—

Every Oregon committee, 2025–26$58K

Every Oregon committee, all years$780K38 committees since 2013

Who’s behind it

Ben Patinkin, Founder and president (also described as partner). Former senior analyst at Grove Insight; Lewis & Clark College graduate. elgl.org

Brim-Edwards paid for the polling personally and reported it to her committee. ORESTAR
Describes itself as "a boutique, disability-owned, Democratic public opinion research firm." patinkinresearch.com
Lead strategist for Alaska's Ballot Measure 1 (2020); did message research for a similar Nevada measure in 2022. American Democracy Summit bio
Clients include Democratic candidates, labor unions, conservation groups and issue campaigns. ELGL
Patinkin has polled on election-reform measures in Alaska, Minnesota, Montana and Nevada. American Democracy Summit bio, 2023

No other Oregon committee paid this firm since January 2025.

$780K from 38 committees since 2013. The biggest:

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.
Patinkin Research Strategies website
ELGL profile of Ben Patinkin
American Democracy Summit speaker bio (2023)
Oregon Secretary of State Business Registry (via data.oregon.gov)