- Erik Sten
Erik Sten (b. October 1967 in
New Haven, Connecticut cite news|url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=31183|title=The Life and Times of Erik Sten|last=Redden|first=Jim|date=2005-08-09|work=Portland Tribune|accessdate=2007-06-28] ) is a City Commissioner inPortland, Oregon ,United States . He was first elected to Commissioner Position No. 2 in 1996, in a campaign featuring hundreds of volunteers, [cite news |title=Council dynamo Erik Sten in rare lull |last=Griffin |first=Anna |work=The Oregonian |date=2006-10-01 | url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:ORGB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1148E2CCE9A4EF38&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=8CE642B8CA5C4083BE84A2539D6E1A73 |accessdate=2007-06-28] 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. He currently lives in Northeast Portland with his wife, Marnie, and son, Nicholas.Sten was a founding member of X-PAC, [cite news
title=New power generation
last=Young
first=Bob
url=http://www.wweek.com/html/25-1995.html#new
work=Willamette Week 25th Anniversary edition
date=1999
accessdate=2007-06-28] a group of politically-minded young citizens, in the mid-1990s, and has participated heavily in theOregon Bus Project , a similar group formed in the 2000s.Fact|date=October 2007He was also a driving force behind Portland's publicly-financed elections system. [cite news
title=Has Sten lost his clout?
first=Jim
last=Redden
work=Portland Tribune
date=2005-08-09
url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=31174
accessdate=2007-06-28]Sten has been named as one of Oregon's 15 most influential people. ["Brainstorm" magazine, April 2005]
He is reported to be resigning mid-term. [cite news
title=Sten Calls It Quits
first=Nigel
last=Jaquiss
work=Willamette Week
date=2008-01-02
url=http://wweek.com/editorial/3408/10186/
accessdate=2008-01-02]References
External links
* [http://www.portlandonline.com/sten/index.cfm?c=26449 Official website]
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