Gov. Kate Brown Continues Strong Out-of-State Fundraising With a Gift From Apple Billionaire

Lorene Jobs, widow of Apple co-founder and Yvon Chouinard, founder of the clothing company Patagonia, give to the incumbent.

Gov. Kate Brown at Pride 2017. (Office of the governor)
By Nigel Jaquiss

Gov. Kate Brown disclosed a new batch of campaign contributions in recent days and the list of donors includes another list of high-profile Californians.

Leading the way is Lorene Powell Jobs of Palo Alto, the widow of the late Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs.

Forbes pegs her net worth at $20.3 billion. So her contribution of $45,000 to Brown, while the biggest the governor has received since the May 15 primary, is pocket change to the donor.

Also giving to Brown recently: Ivon Chouinard of Ventura, Calif., the founder of the clothing company Patagonia, who gave Brown $5,000, as did his wife, Malinda.

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Brown has now raised $2.24 million this year and has $4 million on hand. Her GOP opponent in the Nov. 6 general election, state Rep. Knute Buehler (R-Bend) has raised $1.3 million this year but after spending heavily to win his primary ($2.6 million), he has just a little over $200,000 on hand.

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