OREGON PROGRESSIVE PARTY - Home @ Legislature Blog News Current News Feeds Campaign Finance Reform Newsletters Donate What You Can Do Join List Join Email List Join Google Group Volunteer Register to Vote Candidate Info Platform Issues Campaign Finance Reform Public Banking Health Care Initiative Primary 28th Amendment Resources Videos Homemade Videos YouTube Gallery Gravel Institute Videos Anti-Betsy Johnson Videos Cartoons National Progressives? Candidates 2026 Events 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 Register to Vote 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: Dawn Regier for Governor Her Fundraiser ​Gallery sale of pottery by Dawn Regier at Smile Station in Sellwood on November 8th 1:00 to 4:00 PM. 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