Sal Peralta

Sal Peralta (born July 22 1970 in Boulder, Colorado) is President of Vanguard Campaigns, a political consulting firm with more than 30 employees. He is Secretary of the Independent Party of Oregon, a co-founder of Democracy for Oregon, and a former board member of the Oregon Bus Project. His company collected 76,000 signatures to put the Open Primary, Ballot Measure 65, on the 2008 general election ballot. He is chief petitioner on a 2010 measure to repeal Oregon's corporate kicker.

In 2006, Peralta helped to pass campaign finance reform legislation in Oregon via public initiative, and lost a narrow race to a three-term incumbent for a seat in the the Oregon State Legislature representing House District 24, which includes Yamhill County and Polk County. He lives in McMinnville with his wife, Tanya, and daughter, Bella.

ee also

*Oregon's statewide elections, 2006#State Legislature

External links

* [http://www.8378.org/ United Steelworkers]
* [http://www.kickthekicker.org/ Kick the Kicker]
* [http://www.indparty.com/ Independent Party of Oregon]
* [http://www.oregonindependent.com/ Oregon Independent blog]