2020 Primary
The LPO conducts its own primary election at its own expense, independently of the state of Oregon’s primary. Our primary election determines what candidates we will nominate to the general election.
We want to run candidates for as many offices as possible! Please help us fill in the blanks by becoming a candidate. If you are interested in running for an office that already has a candidate, please don’t be discouraged. We encourage contested races because this gives our members a choice of who they want to represent them.
Use this link to read the complete rules for our primary election. Note that non-LPO members seeking our “fusion” nomination are at a strong disadvantage, per our bylaws provision (Article 8, Sec. 2, subsection B) covering non-member candidates.
If you would like to be a candidate, or are just thinking about it, please send an e-mail to candidates@lporegon.org and give us your full name and office you would like to run for.
The LPO Board of Directors has delayed the election by 2 weeks a second time due to the likely difficulty of assembling tellers to count ballots under the stay-at-home order. The deadline to become a candidate was May 8; the deadline to submit a candidate statement is now May 29 (originally April 24). Ballots will be mailed June 8 (originally May 4). Election day is July 6 (originally May 29).
2020 Primary Election Candidates
Federal
| Office
| District
| Candidate
| Party
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| US Senator
| Gary Dye
| Libertarian
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| US Senator
| Jodie Ann Newell
| Libertarian
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| US Representative
| 1
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| US Representative
| 2
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| US Representative
| 3
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| US Representative
| 4
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| US Representative
| 5
| Matthew Rix
| Libertarian
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| US Representative
| 5
| Angela Roman
| Republican
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State
| Office
| District
| Candidate
| Party
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| Secretary of State
| Kim Thatcher
| Republican
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| Secretary of State
| Kyle Markley
| Libertarian
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| State Treasurer
| Jeff Gudman
| Republican
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| Attorney General
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| State Senator
| 1
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| State Senator
| 2
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| State Senator
| 5
| Fred M. Brick
| Libertarian
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| State Senator
| 9
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| State Senator
| 10
| Taylor Rickey
| Libertarian
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| State Senator
| 12
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| State Senator
| 14
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| State Senator
| 18
| Ryan Haffner
| Libertarian
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| State Senator
| 21
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| State Senator
| 22
| Eugene A Newell Jr.
| Libertarian
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| State Senator
| 23
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| State Senator
| 25
| Justin Hwang
| Republican
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| State Senator
| 27
| Tim Knopp
| Republican
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| State Senator
| 28
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| State Senator
| 29
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| State Senator
| 30
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| State Representative
| 1
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| State Representative
| 2
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| State Representative
| 3
| Michelle Binker
| Republican
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| State Representative
| 4
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| State Representative
| 5
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| State Representative
| 6
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| State Representative
| 7
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| State Representative
| 8
| Martha Sherwood
| Libertarian
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| State Representative
| 9
| Boomer Wright
| Republican
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| State Representative
| 10
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| State Representative
| 11
| Nicole De Graff
| Republican
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| State Representative
| 12
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| State Representative
| 13
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| State Representative
| 14
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| State Representative
| 15
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| State Representative
| 16
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| State Representative
| 17
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| State Representative
| 18
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| State Representative
| 19
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| State Representative
| 20
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| State Representative
| 21
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| State Representative
| 22
| Anna Kasachev
| Republican
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| State Representative
| 23
| Scott Clawson
| Libertarian
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| State Representative
| 24
| Ron Noble
| Republican
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| State Representative
| 25
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| State Representative
| 26
| Peggy Stevens
| Republican
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| State Representative
| 27
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| State Representative
| 28
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| State Representative
| 29
| Gregor Hinckley
| Libertarian
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| State Representative
| 30
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| State Representative
| 31
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| State Representative
| 32
| Suzanne Weber
| Republican
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| State Representative
| 33
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| State Representative
| 34
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| State Representative
| 35
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| State Representative
| 36
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| State Representative
| 37
| Kelly Sloop
| Republican
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| State Representative
| 38
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| State Representative
| 39
| Christine Drazan
| Republican
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| State Representative
| 40
| Josh Howard
| Republican
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| State Representative
| 41
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| State Representative
| 42
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| State Representative
| 43
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| State Representative
| 44
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| State Representative
| 45
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| State Representative
| 46
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| State Representative
| 47
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| State Representative
| 48
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| State Representative
| 49
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| State Representative
| 50
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| State Representative
| 51
| Don Crawford
| Libertarian
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| State Representative
| 52
| Jeff Helfrich
| Republican
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| State Representative
| 53
| Jack Zika
| Republican
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| State Representative
| 54
| Cheri Helt
| Republican
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| State Representative
| 55
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| State Representative
| 56
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| State Representative
| 57
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| State Representative
| 58
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| State Representative
| 59
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| State Representative
| 60
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Local
| Office
| Position
| Candidate
| Party
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| Baker County Commissioner
| 1
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| Benton County Commissioner
| 2
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| Benton County Commissioner
| 3
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| Deschutes County Commissioner
| 2
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| Gilliam County Commissioner
| 2
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| Jackson County Commissioner
| 2
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| Linn County Commissioner
| 2
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| Linn County Commissioner
| 3
| Christopher Wade
| Libertarian
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| Malheur County Commissioner
| 2
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| Marion County Commissioner
| 3
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| Sherman County Commissioner
| 1
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