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 70 days prior to the primary election date, as do persons who want to run as Democrats or Republicans. Instead, you have to receive the nomination of the Independent Party at least 70 days prior to the November general election. The Party plans to decide upon its nominees at least several weeks before that.

For many of the above offices, recently history predicts that only one major party candidate will file to run by the deadline. In 2008, for example, of the 15 Oregon Senate races, only 7 saw a Democrat run against a Republican. Of the 60 Oregon House races, only 36 saw Democrat run against a Republican. In all other races, there was only one major party candidate on the November 2008 ballot. Here is a list of the 2008 Primary Filings.

The Independent Party of Oregon will offers candidates many of the same services that are offered by the major political parties, including:

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

- Contact lists of Independent Party members in your district.