OREGON PROGRESSIVE PARTY

We fight for economic justice, human rights,
environmental protection, and grassroots democracy.

We are very different from the other parties.

Run for State Council

We are in the process of electing one member to the State Council of the Party. See more.

Fighting at the Oregon Legislature in 2025

We are part of the Consolidated Oregon Indivisible Network (COIN) program of evaluating hundreds of bills at the Oregon Legislature and stating our support or opposition in testimony. We also take positions and testify independently. See our Oregon Legislature page.

Monthly OPP Meeting
4th Wednesday each Month
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
on Zoom

Each meeting during election years may include voting to nominate or endorse candidates for the general election or primary election. Any active OPP member in attendance may vote on these matters.

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Voters' Pamphlet Statements

Current News

WE SUPPORT:	real campaign finance reform, women's right to choose, Medicare for All, equal rights (including same-sex marriage), Oregon CEO Tax and $24 minimum wage for all, now.
WE OPPOSE:	the corruption of elections by Big Money, Wall Street bailouts, massive military spending and deployments in 178 nations, "corporate personhood," and WTO and other "free trade" agreements that let corporations destroy policies to protect labor, the environment, and consumers.

We are very different from the Establishment parties.	Dem	Rep	Prog
Real campaign finance reform, particularly in Oregon	NO	NO	YES
Congress should adopt a federal law protecting the right of women to choose abortion services without restriction.	NO	NO	YES
Congress should adopt a federal law enlarging the Supreme Court to 13 members.	NO	NO	YES
Congress should restore the authority of EPA to regulate emissions to combat climate change.	NO	NO	YES
Oppose "free trade" deals; support local products & services	NO	NO	YES
End "corporate personhood" and constitutional rights for corporations	NO	NO	YES
"Medicare for All" comprehensive health care	NO	NO	YES
Oppose cuts in Social Security & Medicare benefits	NO	NO	YES
Increase minimum wage to living wage ($24 or more) now	NO	NO	YES
Employment for All (public works projects, WPA style)	NO	NO	YES
Increase income taxes on big corporations and the wealthy	NO	NO	YES
Reduce Oregon income tax on families living at or near the poverty level	NO	NO	YES
Strictly regulate toxic air pollution, including diesel emissions and aerial spraying of pesticides	NO	NO	YES
Tax emissions that cause climate change; invest in clean energy (not expensive and dangerous nuclear plants)	NO	NO	YES
Oppose Wall Street bailouts and constitutional rights for corporations	NO	NO	YES
Repair, improve infrastructure (transit, water systems, etc.)	WEAK	NO	STRONG
Slash military spending, our 650 foreign military bases, and our troops in 178 nations	NO	NO	YES
End wars against Iran, Venezuela; threats against Cuba, Denmark	YES	NO	YES
Enable grass-roots efforts to effectively use the initiative and referendum	NO	NO	YES
Equal rights for all; same-sex marriage	NUVR	NO	YES
No fossil fuel exports from Pacific Northwest ports, including Jordan Cove	NO	NO	YES
No transport of oil by train through Oregon	NO	NO	YES
No export of raw logs from Oregon forests	NO	NO	YES
State Bank to invest state funds in Oregon jobs, avoid Wall Street ripoff	NO	NO	YES
Require labeling of genetically engineered food	NO	NO	YES
NUVR = Not Until Very Recently

OREGON ISSUES

1.     We have worked for real campaign finance reform. Until 2024, Oregon Democrats and Republicans have never enacted limits on political campaign contributions but had repealed voter-enacted limits 3 times. We are among the founding members of Honest Elections Oregon, which pursues campaign finance reform.

Honest Elections Oregon negotiated compromise campaign contribution limits and disclosure requirements with the 2024 session of the Oregon Legislature. But then the 2026 session replaced those provisions with huge loopholes that make the limits and requirements illusory. See the Honest Elections Oregon website for much more information.

2.     The initiative and referendum should be available to grass-roots efforts. The Democrat Secretary of State is now discarding over 30% of all voter signatures on initiative petitions due to arbitrary, hyper-technical, and unnecessary rules, raising the cost of petition drives so high that only corporations, unions and the very wealthy can afford to use it.

3.     The State Treasurer should direct part of Oregon's $105 billion of investment funds to invest in local public works and jobs for Oregonians instead of vulture capitalists, corporate raiders, leveraged buyout artists, fossil fuel corporations and vendors, and even spyware makers (NSA, maker of Pegasus spyware).

4.     We want fair taxation. Oregon has the 4th highest income taxes of any state on lower-income working families and is still at the bottom in taxes on corporations.

5.     We want to stop government promotion of gambling, including video poker, video slots, and approval of private casinos.

6.     We oppose installation of police "spy cameras" and use of drones to spy on Oregon citizens.

7.     We oppose using public money to subsidize rail transport of oil or coal through Oregon communities.

2026 Nomination Seekers:

Our final State Council meeting before the 2026 general election nomination deadline is 6:00 pm on August 19 at Zoom and at 411 SW 2nd Avenue, Suite 200, in Portland.

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