SALEM — Nike co-founder Phil Knight has given $1 million to a political action committee focused on electing more Republicans to the Oregon Legislature.

Knight disclosed the huge contribution to the Bring Balance to Salem political action committee on Tuesday evening, April 26, according to state campaign finance records.

Bring Balance to Salem has not yet spent much of its total $2.7 million raised, but will support candidates who support limited government and “common sense problem solving,” according to a spokesperson for the group. Democrats hold majorities in both chambers of the Oregon Legislature.

Most of the money raised by Bring Balance to Salem comes from the timber industry, with $250,000 each donated by Swanson Group, Roseburg Forest Products, Murphy Company and Sierra Pacific Industries. Freres Timber kicked in $150,000 and Norman Brenden, the former chief financial officer of a chain of senior living homes, gave $100,000, according to state records.