The 5th District in Oregon will have 5 candidates on the general election ballot, all of whom are poised to take at least 1% of the vote. West Linn Tidings, a local newspaper in Oregon, has taken notice and noted that the seat is highly contested between the two major-parties.
The Libertarian Party nominated Steve Milligan, operations manager for Alternative Health and Herbal Remedies. He is in the middle of his second term on Monmouth City Council.
The Pacific Green Party nominated Alexander Polikoff, an electrical engineer from Corvallis.
The Constitution Party nominated Doug Patterson, a former minister and John Birch Society organizer from Oregon City who ran for the same seat in 2006.
The threesome promise to pull some votes away from the two major-party candidates and broaden the political debate.
There more here.
Kind of a waste… they should be running for separate things, and if they can’t take too much of the vote for Congress, they should be running for more local offices. State congress, maybe.