Libertarian Party of Oregon | |
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Abbreviation | LPO |
Chairman | Timothy Perkins[1] |
Founded | 1971 |
Headquarters | 7100 SW Hampton St #201 Tigard, Oregon 97223 |
Membership (2021) | 21,981[2] |
Ideology | Libertarianism[3] Non-interventionism[4] Fiscal conservatism[5] Economic liberalism[5] Cultural liberalism[5] Laissez-faire[5] |
Colors | Yellow |
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 officials | 1 (June 2024)[update][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]
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.
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