Education
Sten was raised in Portland where he attended Irvington Elementary School, Fernwood Middle School, and Grant High School.
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Erik Sten
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He was first elected to Commissioner Position Number. 2 in 1996, in a campaign featuring hundreds of volunteers, defeating Chuck Duffy. He ran successful campaigns for re-election in 1998, 2002, and 2006.
He graduated from Stanford University in 1989 with a Bachelor in English.
He was also a driving force behind Portland"s publicly financed elections system. Sten was named as one of Oregon"s 15 most influential people in 2005.
He resigned from his position April 4, 2008, and was succeeded by Nick Fish.
Membership
Sten was a founding member of X-Public Affairs Committee, a group of politically minded young citizens, in the mid-1990s, and has participated heavily in the Oregon Business Project, a similar group formed in the 2000s.
