Pacific Green Party
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- This article is about the Oregon political party, Green Party. For other meanings to PGP, see PGP.
| Pacific Green Party of Oregon | |
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| Chairperson(s) | 7 Co-Chairs |
| Senate Leader | None |
| House Leader | None |
| State | Oregon |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | PO Box 1606 Eugene, OR 97440 |
| Affiliations: | |
| National | Green Party (United States) |
| International | Global Greens |
| Color(s) | Green |
| Emblem | Sunflower |
| Ideology | Green Politics, Progressivism, Social democracy, Participatory democracy |
| Website | http://www.pacificgreens.org/ |
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 the Oregon who are considered Greens have won nonpartisan-ballot elections (that is, the winning Greens won offices in elections in which candidates were not identified on the ballot as affiliated with any political party) [citation needed].
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).
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[edit] History
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[edit] 2006
[edit] Candidates:
- Joe Keating (Governor)
- Paul Aranas (US House District 5)
- Jeff Cropp (State House district 42)
- Paul Loney (State House district 46)
[edit] Structure and composition
[edit] Committees
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[1].
[edit] Geographic distribution
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One challenge that the Green Party (as well as other third parties) face is the difficulty of overcoming repressive ballot access laws in many states. This has prevented the Green Party from reaching a point of critical mass in building party-building momentum in many states.
[edit] See also
- List of state Green Parties in the U.S.
- List of political parties in the United States
- California Green Archives
- Ralph Nader
[edit] References
- ^ Political Parties in Oregon (Website). Elections Division. Oregon Secretary of State (September 18, 2006). Retrieved on December 3, 2006.
[edit] Resources
[edit] External links
- Official web site
- Green Party of the United States (GPUS)
- Green Party Ballot Status and Voter Registration Totals
- Green Bloggers
[edit] 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
| Political Parties of the United States | |
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| Major Parties | Democratic | Republican |
| Third Parties | Constitution | Green | Libertarian |
| Smaller Parties | Peace and Freedom | Reform | Socialist | Socialist Workers | VT Progressive |
| Historical Parties | Anti-Masonic | Democratic-Republican | Farmer-Labor | Federalist | National Republican Non-Partisan League | Populist (People's) Party | Progressive | Whig |
| See List of political parties in the United States for a complete list. | |
