This subproject is for topics related to Oregon state, local, and federal governance and politics.
Biographies of Oregon political figures (such as Governors, Senators, U.S. Representatives, state legislators, and state and federal judicial figures) are part of thePeople subgroup, so feel free to sign up for both projects!
Before prioritizing, a review of identified related categories, and a search for relevant existing Wikipedia articles must be undertaken to fill in the outline below. This will give us a snapshot of the current lay of the land, and presumably gaps and other problems will become more evident.
To identify an article as a government- or politics-related item, inserting {{WikiProject Oregon |government=yes}} directlyin {{WikiProject Oregon}} on the article's talk page will add it toCategory:WikiProject Oregon Government & Politics and display produce the following:
(Primarily within the scope of Oregon Cities Subproject, included here for completeness and so that they can ultimately be checked to see that municipal government information is included.
Many individual candidate pages also include sections on specific elections.
I believe that, especially now that the election is over, information should be compiled from candidate pages into the more general pages listed above, and summarized more briefly on the candidate pages. I added {{main}} tags to many of the gubernatorial candidate pages, to facilitate that process.
Also, the Multnomah County and Portland pages listed above should be merged.
1897 Oregon Legislature (or something to that effect), see the notes at the bottom ofthis page for notability. (Or would this work better as a paragraph in theOregon Legislative Assembly and/orOregon House of Representatives article?) I think it might work best in an article along the lines of "History of the Oregon Legislature" that would cover some of the other notable sessions (see 1858-59) as I think in the other two articles it might look random all by itself.see this for a good outline, plus has info on Oregon System.
1000 Friends of Oregon – Categorized as a charity; but founded by Tom McCall and mostly involved in advocacy (protecting natural resources by opposing development, often before governmental boards, etc.). Desperately needs expansion, and more accurate categorization.
Oregonians In Action – At least regardingOregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004), this group forms the "opposite bookend" from 1000 Friends, on the issue of land use. More information about their history, philosophical bent, finances, and general influence would be very helpful.
Oregon Forest Resources Institute – Categorized as a forestry trade organization, but is actually astate agency statutorily mandated to support and enhance Oregon’s forest products industry.
Oregon Blue Book "State Government Homepage" - Links to the three branches of government, elections, finance, and both the original and current Constitution. Good for fact checking, collecting data for infoboxes, or getting basic info for a stub or start on an article.
