Erik Sten
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Erik Sten (b. October 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut[1]) is a City Commissioner in Portland, Oregon, United States. He was first elected to Commissioner Position No. 2 in 1996, in a campaign featuring hundreds of volunteers,[2] defeating Chuck Duffy. He ran successful campaigns for re-election in 1998, 2002, and 2006.
Sten was raised in Portland where he attended Irvington Elementary School, Fernwood Middle School, and Grant High School. He graduated from Stanford University in 1989 with a BA in English.[1] He currently lives in Northeast Portland with his wife, Marnie, and son, Nicholas.
Sten was a founding member of X-PAC,[3] a group of politically-minded young citizens, in the mid-1990s, and has participated heavily in the Oregon Bus Project, a similar group formed in the 2000s.[citation needed]
He was also a driving force behind Portland's publicly-financed elections system.[4]
Sten has been named as one of Oregon's 15 most influential people.[5]
He is reported to be resigning mid-term.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Redden, Jim. "The Life and Times of Erik Sten", Portland Tribune, August 9, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
- ^ Griffin, Anna. "Council dynamo Erik Sten in rare lull", The Oregonian, October 1, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
- ^ Young, Bob. "New power generation", Willamette Week 25th Anniversary edition, 1999. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
- ^ Redden, Jim. "Has Sten lost his clout?", Portland Tribune, August 9, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
- ^ Brainstorm magazine, April 2005
- ^ Jaquiss, Nigel. "Sten Calls It Quits", Willamette Week, January 2, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-02.
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