Statewide parties

The following is a list of political parties officially recognized by the Oregon Elections Division as statewide parties as of June 21, 2011 (alphabetical, by title in official record).

• Constitution Party
  Constitution Party of Oregon
  The Constitution Party of Oregon is a political party organized as a minor party pursuant to state election law, and recognized by the State of Oregon as a state-wide nominating party....
  
   (see also United States Constitution Party)
• Democratic Party
  Democratic Party of Oregon
  The Democratic Party of Oregon, based in Portland, is the official Oregon affiliate of the United States Democratic Party. It is recognized by the state of Oregon as a major political party, along with the Oregon Republican Party...
  
   (see also United States Democratic Party)
• Independent Party of Oregon
  Independent Party of Oregon
  The Independent Party of Oregon is a political party in the U.S. state of Oregon. The IPO is Oregon's third-largest political party and the largest minor party of the state, with 68,516 registrants since its inception in January 2007 making up 3.37% of Oregon's registered voters...
  
  
• Libertarian Party
  Libertarian Party of Oregon
  The Libertarian Party of Oregon is a political party representing the national Libertarian Party in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is organized as a minor party for state election law, and recognized by the Oregon as a state-wide nominating party....
  
   (see also Libertarian Party (United States)
  Libertarian Party (United States)
  The Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in the United States. The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects its brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration...
  
  )
• Oregon Republican Party
  Oregon Republican Party
  The Oregon Republican Party is the state affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Oregon, headquartered in Lake Oswego. The first state party convention was held in Salem on April 21, 1859, and its first nominee for Congress, Portland attorney David Logan...
  
  (see also United States Republican Party)
• Pacific Green Party (see also United States Green Party)
• Progressive Party
  Oregon Peace Party
  The Oregon Progressive Party is a minor political party in the U.S. state of Oregon. Originally called the Oregon Peace Party, it was accepted as the sixth minor statewide political party in Oregon on August 22, 2008. This allowed the party to nominate Ralph Nader as its candidate in the 2008 U.S....
  
   (Known as the "Oregon Peace Party" until September 18, 2009)
• Working Families Party of Oregon
  Working Families Party of Oregon
  The Oregon Working Families Party is a minor political party modeled after the national Working Families Party, but is organized locally and is autonomous...
  
   (see also Working Families Party
  Working Families Party
  The Working Families Party is a minor political party in the United States founded in New York in 1998. There are "sister" parties to the New York WFP in Connecticut, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Oregon, but there is as yet no national WFP...
  
  )

Major and minor party growth

Major Party Growth Comparison

Minor Party Growth Comparison

Less than statewide parties

The following are recognized as parties, but not certified to nominate for statewide office.

• Socialist Party
  Socialist Party of Oregon
  The Socialist Party of Oregon is the name of three closely related organizations — an Oregon state affiliate of the Social Democratic Party of America established in 1897 and continuing into the 1950s, as well as the Oregon state affiliate of the Socialist Party USA from 1992-1999...
  
   (Congressional District 3)

Local and non-recognized parties

• Oregon Patriot Party
• Freedom Socialist Party

See also

• Politics of Oregon
  Politics of Oregon
  Like many other U.S. states, the politics of Oregon is centered mostly around regional concerns. Oregon leans Democratic as a state, with both U.S Senators from the Democratic party, as well as four out of Oregon's five U.S. Representatives...
  
  
• Oregon statewide elections, 2006
  Oregon statewide elections, 2006
  Oregon's 2006 statewide election included a May 16 primary election and a November 7 general election.Ten statewide ballot measures were on the November ballot....
  
  
• List of political parties
• List of lists about Oregon

External links

• Founding of Working Families party
• Independent Party of Oregon