Staggenborg wins Green nomination for US Senate in Oregon
Posted in Congressional Campaigns, State Wide Elections on March 11th, 2010 by Dave Schwab – Comments OffFrom The World in Southwestern Oregon:
A Coos Bay psychiatrist is challenging Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., for his seat in Congress.
Dr. Rick Staggenborg won the Pacific Green Party of Oregon’s nomination for the U.S. Senate at the party’s convention in Corvallis on Saturday.
Staggenborg is a member of Physicians for a National Health Program and previously worked at the Bandon Veterans Administration clinic. He has spent recent months stumping for a single-payer health care system and limits to corporate involvement in politics. He said he would propose a Constitutional amendment to overturn a recent Supreme Court decision allowing the same free speech rights to corporations as citizens. read more »
