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Pacific Green Party of Oregon | |
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| Governing Body | Coordinating Committee 7 Co-Chairs |
| State Senate Leader | None |
| State House Leader | None |
| Founded | 1992(as Pacific Party)[1] 1999(as Pacific Green Party) |
| Headquarters | 1695 Chemeketa Street NE Salem, Oregon 97301[2] |
| Membership(September 2024) |  7,915[3] |
| Ideology | Green politics[1] Social democracy[1] Progressivism[4] |
| Political position | Left-wing[5] |
| National affiliation | Green Party of the United States |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Colors | Green |
| Oregon State Senate | 0 / 30 |
| Oregon House of Representatives | 0 / 60 |
| Local Offices | 10 (September 2024)[6] |
| Website | |
| pacificgreens.org | |
ThePacific Green Party of Oregon (PGP) is aleft-wingpolitical party in theU.S. state ofOregon, recognized by theOregon Secretary of State.[7] It is affiliated with theGreen Party of the United States. The party has occasionally elected candidates to public office at thelocal level.
The party gained public attention duringRalph Nader'spresidential campaign in2000, which saw Nader garner over 5% of the vote statewide.
The party was initially founded as the Pacific Party in 1992,[1] largely in response of the perceived failure of theDemocratic Party to provide meaningful opposition to the1991 Gulf War.[1]
Many of the party's early candidates were also highly involved in theforest protection movement. These included candidate forUnited States Senate Lou Gold in 1994; Joe Keating for Congress and Andy Davis forstate representative in 1996; and Blair Bobier forgovernor and Karen Moskowitz for U.S. Senate in 1998.[1] Davis and Keating were arrested for civil disobedience at theUnited States Forest Service office building in downtown Portland during the campaign, chaining themselves to a desk along with local activist attorney Stu Sugarman.
Ralph Nader was the party's nominee forPresident of the United States in 1996, and his vice-presidential candidate,Winona LaDuke, came to Portland and walked a localpicket line in support of raising theminimum wage.[1] In addition to running candidates for office that year, the Pacific Party helped pass initiatives to raise the state minimum wage and expand the Portland area light rail system.[1]
In 2004, Teresa Keane, the Green Party's candidate for theUnited States Senate, won 2.4% of the vote – more than any other Green candidate for the U.S. Senate in that year. In 2006 Keane was elected Chair of the newly formedGreen Senatorial Campaign Committee (GSCC),[8] a seven-member committee elected by the National Committee of the Green Party of the United States to raise funds for senate candidates.[9]
The party's platform emphasizes environmentalism, economic and social justice, peace and nonviolence, and respect for diversity. The party's platform expresses the following positions:[10]
The following are currently elected Green officeholders in the state of Oregon:[11]
| Year | Nominee | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Ralph Nader | 49,415 | 3.59% |
| 2000 | Ralph Nader | 77,357 | 5.04% |
| 2004 | David Cobb | 5,315 | 0.29% |
| 2008 | Cynthia McKinney | 4,543 | 0.25% |
| 2012 | Jill Stein | 19,427 | 1.09% |
| 2016 | Jill Stein | 50,002 | 2.50% |
| 2020 | Howie Hawkins | 11,831 | 0.50% |
| Year | Nominee | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Gary Kutcher | 14,193 | 1.04% |
| 1996* | Lou Gold | 7,225 | 0.60% |
| 1998 | Karyn Moskowitz | 22,024 | 1.97% |
| 2004 | Teresa Keane | 45,053 | 2.41% |
| 2014 | Christina Jean Lugo | 32,434 | 2.22% |
| 2016 | Eric Navickas | 48,823 | 2.50% |
| 2020 | Ibrahim Taher | 42,239 | 1.82% |
| 2022 | Dan Pulju | 23,454 | 1.22% |
| Year | Nominee | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Blair Bobier | 15,843 | 1.42% |
| 2006 | Joe Keating | 20,030 | 1.45% |
| 2014 | Jason Levin | 29,561 | 2.01% |
