Erik Sten Explained
Erik Sten (born October 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut[1]) is an American politician who served as a member of the Portland City Commission from 1997 to 2008.
Early life and education
Sten was born in New Haven, Connecticut and raised in Portland, Oregon. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Stanford University in 1989.
Career
In the mid-1990s, Sten was a founding member of X-PAC, a group of politically minded young citizens, and has participated heavily in the Oregon Bus Project.[2]
Sten was first elected to Position 2 on the Portland City Commission in 1996, defeating Chuck Duffy. He ran successful campaigns for re-election in 1998, 2002, and 2006.[3]
As a Commissioner, Sten was an early supporter of Portland's publicly financed elections system.[4] In 2005, he was named as one of Oregon's 15 most influential people.[5]
During the 2000 presidential election, Sten was an Oregon state co-chair of GoreNet.[6] GoreNet was a group that supported the Al Gore campaign with a focus on grassroots and online organizing as well as hosting small dollar donor events.[7]
He resigned from his position April 4, 2008, and was succeeded by attorney Nick Fish.
After leaving office, Sten relocated to Seattle, Washington. In 2019, it was announced that Sten had joined Strategies 360, a political consulting and lobbying firm, as an advisor.[8]
Notes and References
- News: The Life and Times of Erik Sten . https://archive.today/20130222185213/http://thetribonline.net/news/story.php?story_id=31183 . dead . February 22, 2013 . Redden . Jim . August 9, 2005 . . November 11, 2012 .
- News: Young. Bob. 1999. 1995: New power generation. Willamette Week 25th Anniversary edition. dead. November 11, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130331054411/http://wweek.com/___ALL_OLD_HTML/25-1995.html. March 31, 2013.
- News: Griffin. Anna. October 1, 2006. Council dynamo Erik Sten in rare lull. A1. The Sunday Oregonian. 2007-06-28. 2013-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20131110080330/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004. live.
- News: Has Sten lost his clout? . Jim . Redden . Portland Tribune . August 9, 2005 . https://archive.today/20130222072148/http://thetribonline.net/news/story.php?story_id=31174 . dead . February 22, 2013 . November 11, 2012 .
- Brainstorm magazine, April 2005
- Web site: GoreNet State Co-Chairs . Gore 2000 . 29 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000815071349/http://www.algore.com/gorenet/net_directors.html . August 15, 2000 . 15 August 2000 . dead.
- Web site: GoreNet: A Network of Young Americans Dedicated to Al Gore President . Gore 2000 . 29 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000815054240/http://www.algore.com/gorenet/index.html . August 15, 2000 . 15 August 2000 . dead.
- Web site: Former Portland City Commissioner Erik Sten Joins Political Consulting, Lobbying Firm. politics. About Nigel Jaquiss News reporter Nigel Jaquiss joined Willamette Week in 1998 He covers. Willamette Week. en-US. 2020-05-03. 2019-12-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221144229/https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/02/18/former-portland-city-commissioner-erik-sten-joins-political-consulting-lobbying-firm/. live.
