PACIFIC GREEN PARTY

The 'Pacific Green Party of Oregon' is a political party in the state of Oregon that is a member of the US federation of state green parties, the ''Green Party of the United States''.
The party first gained widespread public attention during Ralph Nader's presidential run in 2000.
Pacific Green Party candidates have won elected office mostly at the local level; most winners of public office in Oregon who are considered Greens have won nonpartisan-ballot elections (that is, elected to positions for which no candidate is listed with any party on the ballot.
Pacific Greens emphasize grassroots democracy, social justice, nonviolence, environmentalism, decentralization and local autonomy, in keeping with the Green parties' endorsement of the Ten Key Values (10KV).

Contents

History

Elected Officials

Structure and composition

See also

References

Resources

External links

Explanations of the 'Ten Key Values'

History

In 2000, in addition to nominating Ralph Nader for the Presidency, the Green Party nominated environmental activist Tre Arrow to run for against incumbent Earl Blumenauer. Arrow had gained prominence in July 2000 by staging a high-profile protest in downtown Portland, Oregon, when he scaled a United States Forest Service building and lived on a ledge for 11 days to protest the plan to log Eagle Creek. His protest played an important role in reversing the Forest Service's plans to log the area. In 2001 Arrow appeared on the FBI's "most wanted" list in connection with arson, and other activities of the Earth Liberation Front. Arrow is currently in custody in Canada,and is facing extradition to the States.
In 2004, Teresa Keane, the Green Party's candidate for the United States Senate, won 2.4% of the vote – more than any other Green candidate for the U.S. Senate in that year.

Elected Officials

As of June 2007 there were 13 elected Green officeholders in Oregon. [1]

★ Michael Beilstein, City Council, Corvallis Ward 5 (Benton County)

★ Neil Friedman, City Council, West Fir (Lane County)

★ George Grosch, Ward 3, City Council, Corvallis (Benton County)

★ Emily Hagen, Ward 7, City Council, Corvallis (Benton County)

★ Alice Hardesty, City Council, Ashland (Jackson County)

★ Eric Navickas, City Council, Ashland Position 2 (Jackson County)

★ Wendy Siporen, City Council, Talent (Jackson County)

★ Ruth Alexander, School Board, Ashland District 5 (Jackson County)

★ Matthew Donahue, School Board, Position 4, Corvalis (Jackson County)

★ Matt Marr, School Board, Position 3, Ashland (Jackson County)

★ Tim Dehne, Director, Soil and Water Conservation District (Benton County)

★ Lisa Melyan, Boardmember, Tualatin Valley Water District (Washington County)

★ John Jones, Board Member, Myrtle Point Health District (Coos County)

Structure and composition

The Pacific Green Party has one central 'Coordinating Committee' composed of seven members elected to one and two year terms.
The PGP is recognized as a statewide political party by the Oregon Secretary of State Political Parties in Oregon .

See also

★ List of state Green Parties in the U.S.

★ List of political parties in the United States

★ California Green Archives

★ Ralph Nader

References

Resources

★ http://www.greenparties.org/documents/cand_hist.html

External links

★ Official web site

★ Green Party of the United States (GPUS)

★ Green Party Ballot Status and Voter Registration Totals

★ Green Bloggers

Explanations of the 'Ten Key Values'

★ Ten Key Values of the Green Party

★ Global Greens' charter

★ California Green Party's Ten Key Values

★ Radical Middle Newsletter's historical intro. & early version