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The Democratic Party of Oregon is the official Oregon affiliate of the Democratic Party (US) , and recognized by the State of Oregon as a Major Political Party. ORGANIZATION As prescribed by Oregon state statutes governing Major Political Parties, the party comprises all registered voters designating their party affiliation as Democrat. In each biennial Primary Election conducted in even-numbered years, such affiliated voters elect members from each precinct to the Democratic Central Committee of their county, who in turn elect delegates to a state convention, charged with organizing the party at the state level, and arranging for the day-to-day conduct of the party. Officers
County central committees Each of Oregon's 36 Counties has a county central committee, which operates within that county and sends delegates to the State Party and to their respective Congressional District Organizations. Congressional district committees The party has a standing committee for each of Oregon's 5 Congressional Districts, to support the constituent county central committees, and coordinate district-wide party activities and campaigns. Party caucuses The state party officially recognizes 10 party caucuses formed to address specific political issues in their constituent communities:
Para-party organizations A variety of organizations of Oregon democrats have been organized to promote particular issues, causes, or factions within the party, or conversely, to promote Democratic Party initiatives and candidates within particular potential constituency groups. These include neighborhood or local "Democratic Clubs" and Oregon Democrats for Life among others. They have no official standing within the party. NATIONAL OFFICEHOLDERS Oregon delegations to both the US Senate and the US House Of Representatives are divided between Republicans and Democrats . The incumbent Democratic Senator is Ron Wyden , and the four Democrats of the five-member Congressional Delegation are David Wu , Earl Blumenauer , Peter DeFazio , and Darlene Hooley . 2006 ELECTIONS See Also: Oregon's statewide elections, 2006 Going into the 2006 elections, Democrats occupied all four of the State's constitutional offices, held a majority in the State Senate, but was in the minority in the State House of Representatives. Of the statewide office-holders, only Gov. Ted Kulongoski was up for re-election. Not only was he successful in that bid, but Democrats were elected to a majority in the House. All four of Oregon's democratic Congressman were re-elected. HISTORY The first state party convention was held in Salem on April 20, 1859, and nominated Lansing Stout for Congress over incumbent Democrat Lafayette Grover in a session that was bitterly divided over the issue of slavery.1 REFERENCES SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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