It's not "big news" that Hoyle received a $250K check from Bloomberg.  Now,......if she refused that check, manifesting her pledge to work to get "the money out of politics"....that would be "very big news."   Should she have the integrity to refuse Bloomberg's dough, I will support her candidacy for Secretary of State.  Somehow, I don't think I'll have to do that.

Perhaps that kind of contribution from Bloomberg will help her overwhelm her opponents in the primary.  However, it will likely be a very mixed blessing if she makes it to November.  Many voters will be "put off" by her stand on Second Amendment issues, and Bloomberg's contribution serves to make that the "highlighted" plank of her campaign platform.    Others, like me, will be offended by her pledge to "get the $$$ out of politics" then taking the largest single contribution in Oregon's 2016  election cycle.   

You did pledge to "get money out of politics" didn't you, Val?  If so, refuse Bloomberg's $$$........