For Candidates

Anyone who is interested in running as an Independent candidate for public office should contact us directly and fill out our candidate questionnaire.

The Independent Party of Oregon is entitled to place one candidate on the general election ballot for each of the following offices:

• President of the United States
  
• United States Senator
  
• United States Representative (in each of 5 districts)
  
• Governor
  
• Secretary of State
  
• Attorney General
  
• State Treasurer
  
• State Senator (in each of 30 districts)
  
• State Representative (in each of 60 districts)
  
• some county commissioners and any other office that is elected on a "partisan" (by party) basis
  

Note: To run as an Independent, you do not have to file by March 11, as do persons who want to run as Democrats or Republicans. Instead, you have to receive the nomination of the Independent Party by August 26, 2008. The Party plans to decide upon its nominees at least several weeks before that.

For many of the above offices, only one major party candidate filed to run by the March 11 deadline. Of the 15 Oregon Senate races, only 7 will see a Democrat run against a Republican. Of the 60 Oregon House races, only 36 will see a Democrat run against a Republican. In all other races, there will be only one major party candidate on the November 2008 ballot. Here is a list of the 2008 Primary Filings.

For the 2008 election, the Independent Party of Oregon will offer our candidates many of the same services that are offered by the major political parties and a higher level of support than is currently offered by any of the state's minor political parties.

The core suite of tools that we will provide candidates includes:

- Access to the Oregon voter file, including statewide and district lists.

- Contact lists of Independent Party members in your district.