Libertarian Party of Oregon

Libertarian Party of Oregon
AbbreviationLPO
ChairmanTimothy Perkins[1]
Founded1971; 53 years ago (1971)
Headquarters7100 SW Hampton St #201
Tigard, Oregon 97223
Membership (2021)21,981[2]
IdeologyLibertarianism[3]
Non-interventionism[4]
Fiscal conservatism[5]
Economic liberalism[5]
Cultural liberalism[5]
Laissez-faire[5]
ColorsYellow
Senate
0 / 30
House of Representatives
0 / 60
U.S. Senate
0 / 2
U.S. House of Representatives
0 / 5
Statewide Executive Offices1
0 / 5
Other elected officials1 (June 2024)[6]
Website
lporegon.org

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,[7] and recognized by the Oregon as a statewide nominating party.[8]

It was organized in 1971 as one of the first state affiliates of the newly established national Libertarian Party [citation needed] which nominated Oregon party member Theodora Nathan as its vice presidential candidate at the 1972 convention. Affiliated local committees have been organized in 13 of Oregon's counties.[9] The party ranks fourth in size behind the state's two major parties, Republican and Democratic and the Independent Party of Oregon at 0.8% of Oregon's affiliated registered voters as of 2004.[10]

  1. ^ "Board of Directors". Libertarian Party of Oregon. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. ^ Winger, Richard. "March 2021 Ballot Access News Print Edition". Ballot Access News. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  3. ^ Rothbard, Murray Newton (1978). For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto. Collier Books. p. 153. ISBN 9780020746904. Even more remarkably, the Libertarian party achieved this growth while consistently adhering to a new ideological creed—"libertarianism"—thus bringing to the American political scene for the first time in a century a party interested in principle rather than in merely gaining jobs and money at the public trough.
  4. ^ "Libertarian Party opposes further intervention in Iraq". June 18, 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d "Ideological Third Parties and Splinter Parties". June 3, 2017. Archived from the original on January 16, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2017. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help)
  6. ^ "Elected Officials". Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  7. ^ "Oregon Secretary of State". sos.oregon.gov.
  8. ^ "State of Oregon: Voting – Voting in Oregon".
  9. ^ "Organization". Libertarian Party of Oregon. 2006. Archived from the original (Webpage) on 2006-09-06. Retrieved 2006-12-03.
  10. ^ Har, Janie (August 17, 2004). "Libertarians find clout in role". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon: Oregonian Publishing. pp. B1.