Pacific Green Party of Oregon

Name: Matt Rowe

Seeking the nomination for Governor of Oregon.

Party Affiliation: Pacific Green Party (Previously Libertarian Party)

Home: North Bend

Why do you want to pursue this role? What interests you about it? What are the top issues you're campaigning on?

I’m running for Governor because too many Oregonians are living in constant anxiety and misery — fearful of losing housing, losing health care coverage, or being unable to afford groceries to feed their families and electricity to keep the heat on.

I’m running because I know Oregon can do better — we can build an economy that guarantees basic security for every citizen, and a government which protects our civil liberties from corporate and federal oppression, while truly restoring our Democracy.

Name: Dawn Regier

Seeking the (co)nomination for Governor of Oregon.

Party Affiliation: Progressive Party

Home: Portland

Why do you want to pursue this role? What interests you about it? What are the top issues you're campaigning on?

I want to make Oregon the happiest and healthiest place on earth. I have been an RN for six years from 2002-2008. Since 2005 I have been working for no war, fair trade, and full political and economic rights. I have pronoia. It is when you believe everyone in the world is out to help you. My vision for the world is to see everyone achieve a PH. D, work 16 hours a week for money in a job that brings them joy and bliss, and that helps the world self-actualize, gaining as much knowledge and compassion as possible. Please see my website dawnregier.us.

Name: Jason Wright

Seeking the nomination for Governor of Oregon.

Party Affiliation: Pacific Green Party

When I moved to Oregon and registered to vote, I decided to go with the PGP because of my "Pacific Pride", indigenous heritage and connections, and the change from the "usual" Green Party choice.

Home: Corvallis

Why do you want to pursue this role? What interests you about it? What are the top issues you're campaigning on?

I have noted the failures of the previous and current administrations and do not wish to see this haven of green be destroyed by inept leadership. As Governor, I would have the ability to direct agencies to perform the tasks and services we all, as Oregon residents, deserve. The government should serve the people, and I wish to spearhead the return to this way of being, here in our home. I see infrastructure, education, health (both the systems AND services), equity, and affordability as the top issues facing the average Oregon residents today. As Governor, these would be the lead issues I work to address, if elected.

A number of candidates have expressed interest in seeking the Pacific Green Party nomination in 2026. The current list of prospective candidates are listed below in the order that we received their candidate questionnaire.

For Governor of Oregon: Jason Wright, Alexander Ziwahatan, Dawn Reiger, and Matt Rowe.

For State Representative House District 23, serving Polk & Yamhill Counties: Kriss Wright

For State Senator: Alex Chase

For U.S. House of Representatives: CD4: Justin Filip

In advance of the Spring Nominating Convention (May 16-19), we will be publishing the responses from these candidates to help registered Greens make an informed decision at convention.

"Wildfires and Wild Excuses"

By Craig Patterson (McKenzie Bridge, Oregon)

Click here for article.

Craig Patterson has spent over 50 years as an independent researcher and practitioner in Forestry, Energy Conservation, and Innovative Small Housing, with hands-on experience in a labor-intensive forestry and in portable milling, design, and construction. He advocates four critical transitions – from capital intensive to labor intensive (jobs), from corporate control to local control, from volume to value-added and from centralized milling to decentralized portable milling.  Comments are always welcome. 

In case you missed the Eugene Greens meeting on Saturday, the recorded meeting is now available on our YouTube channel.

Michelle Holman from Community Rights Lane County joined us to talk about protecting Lane County watersheds and ballot measure 20-373 which will be on ballots in May.

The Green Party Latinx Caucus condemns the killing of a legal observer by ICE agents in Minneapolis.

Renee Nicole Good was shot at point-blank range while sitting in a car, in front of her spouse. After the shooting, ICE agents blocked a doctor from providing medical aid. This killing and the denial of care demand a direct and serious response.

ICE enforcement has brought fear, separation, and death to Minnesota. These actions harm immigrant and refugee families and echo across the Latino diaspora. Communities live with trauma and loss as a result of aggressive enforcement practices.

This incident shows what happens when state power goes unchecked. A community defender lost her life while protecting the rights of others. No public agency should operate without accountability or consequence.

We reject procedural delays and hollow assurances. We demand consequences, full stop. ICE must leave Minnesota immediately.

We demand ICE leave all American cities.

The Green Party Latinx Caucus stands in solidarity with South Minneapolis and with immigrant and refugee communities facing these attacks. We recognize and support community members who continue to organize, protest, and defend basic rights.

Latinx Caucus
Green Party of the United States
www.latinxgreens.org

The Green Party condemns the kidnapping of the Venezuelan President and his wife and demands their immediate release. We strongly oppose this illegal act of war which violates both the US Constitution and international law. Congress needs to immediately commence impeachment proceedings against Trump.

The Party also harshly reacted to the assertion by Trump that the United States will now be running Venezuela for the near term and if he faces any local opposition, he will send in a second wave of American military forces to subdue the population.

The Party urges the Senate to vote on the resolution scheduled for next week to halt military intervention. The bipartisan resolution only needs a majority to pass.

This webinar is presented by Butch Ware, Green candidate for Governor of California.

*The recording is now available for viewing on YouTube.

In 1964, Malcolm X issued a warning to America: we are taking liberation - whether through elections or uprisings. Again, the USA finds itself at a crossroads; the people are fed up. We must direct our organizing efforts to be ready for any and all contingencies. In this weekend intensive we will develop the understanding and collective power to advance liberation in this moment, by any means necessary.

📣Proposal 1269 Passes With Nearly Unanimous support!💚

A declaration by the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) to formally designate the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) as a terrorist organization, based on its long-standing and systematic use of state terror against the Palestinian people and neighboring populations through military occupation, collective punishment, and violations of international law.

Read more here.