On March 6, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber chose Matt Donohue for a vacancy in the Circuit Court, 21st district. See this story. Donohue is a registered member of the Pacific Green Party and has been serving in an elected non-partisan office, Corvallis School Board. Thanks to Blair Bobier for the news.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
This is great!!! The party will truly gain ground here!
But he plays down his politics. I guess politics has nothing to do with Clarence Thomas either.
“Donohue is one of six Green Party members who hold a public office in Oregon, but he said that politics won’t play a role in his new position.
“What people expect when they come before a judge is that they listen to the facts of their case and they apply it to the law,” he said. “ … I don’t really think being a Green Party member is going to mean much in the day-to-day operations.””