July 20th, 2026 The Independent Party Nominating Caucus completed its candidate nominations on July 19th.  The following 26 candidates were nominated. 

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US Congress

Chris Beck — OR 02 

Andrea Salinas — OR 06 

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Oregon Senate

Clay Bearnson — SD 03

James I. Manning, Jr. — SD 07

Melisa (Lisa) Finkle — SD 16

Nicole Bassett — SD 26

 

Oregon House 

Pam Marsh — HD 5

David Gomberg — HD 10

Ivan Maluski — HD 11

Joanna Robinson — HD 15

Roy Kaufmann — HD 18

Tom Andersen — HD 19

Andrew Fudge — HD 20

Lesly Munoz — HD 22

Sue Rieke Smith — HD 26

Dacia Grayber — HD 28

Brian Schimmel — HD 29

Cyrus Javadi — HD 32 

Jules Walters — HD 37

April Dobson — HD 39 

Pat Hubbell — HD 40 

Thuy Tran — HD 45

Lamar Wise — HD 48

Ricki Ruiz — HD 50

Hank Sanders — HD 52

Emerson Levy — HD 53

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Local Office Endorsements and Nominations

Lauren Connally, Deschutes County Board of Commissioners, Position 3
Rick Russell, Deschutes County Board of Commissioners, Position 4
Morgan Schmidt, Deschutes County Board of Commissioner, Position 5

Sara Duncan, Marion County Commissioner, Position 1

Maria Hinojos Pressey, Marion County Commissioner, Position 2

Rachel Phillip, Beaverton City Council, Position 1
Jeremy Gordon, Polk County Commissioner

Titonian Wallace Sr. Hillsboro City Council, Ward 3

Steve Callaway, Washington County Board of Commissioners, District 4

Pam Treece, Washington County Board Chair