On April 6-8, 2018, the Oregon Black Political Convention (OBPC) met at the Crowne Plaza Portland Convention Center, 1441 NE 2nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232, and endorsed federal, state and local candidates running for public office in the May 15, 2018 Oregon Primary Election.  To receive the OBPC endorsement for the Primary Election, each candidate must receive three-fifth of the votes of the delegates eligible to vote during the endorsement process.  The Convention tries to endorse the best major political party candidate for each partisan office.  On April 7, 2018, candidates addressed the Convention.  Only candidates can address the Convention.

On April 8, 2018, the 2018 OBPC delegates endorsed the partisan and non-partisan candidates.

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2018 OBPC ADOPTED Platform & Resolutions
About OBPC

The Oregon Black Political Conjvention is a statewide, educational, nonpartisan convention that is open to the public. The focus is threefold: Crowne Plaza Portland Downtown Convention Center

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OABA is a membership organization and is open to any person who is in accordance with the policies and principles of the Oregon Assembly for Black Affairs.

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OABA is nonpartisan and nonprofit, but it is political. We at the Oregon Assembly for Black Affairs (OABA) are asking you to help us so that we can be a better political voice for Black Oregonians as well as all Oregonians.
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