The ballot-qualified Progressive Party of Oregon held a nominating convention on August 19, and nominated five congressional candidates, one nominee for state office, and two for partisan county office.  The nominee for State Office is Walt Brown, who is running for Treasurer.  Brown was also the Socialist Party’s presidential nominee in 2004.

The congressional candidates are:  for U.S. Senate, Rick Staggenborg; for U.S. House, 1st district, Chris Henry; 3rd district, Michael Meo; 4th district, Mike Beilstein; 5th district, Chris Lugo.  The party’s web page is www.progparty.org.

The party first got on the ballot in 2008, but at the time its name was the Peace Party.  In September 2009 it changed its name to the Progressive Party.  The only other ballot-qualified Progressive Party in the U.S. is in Vermont, but the two state parties are not associated with each other.  UPDATE:  see this news story about the party’s nominations.