U.S. House · District 5 candidate · U.S. Congress · November 3, 2026
Andrea Townsend
Pacific Green nominee; answered her party’s 2026 candidate questionnaire.
Reach the campaign
As published in their City filing.
In their words
Said: I want to pursue this role to ensure that voters in Oregon’s Fifth Congressional District have a Green candidate on the ballot and a meaningful alternative grounded in peace, ecological responsibility, social justice, and care for future generations.
Campaign site
Candidate statement · Posted July 17, 2026; extracted September 21, 2026
Pacific Green Party · nomination questionnaire, Townsend’s answers ↗Verbatim opening of the candidate's written answer to the party's first question (“Why do you want to pursue this role?…”), the only candidate statement found. No pamphlet statement was filed; her state filing lists no website.
No pamphlet statement was published; this is the verbatim opening of their written questionnaire answer.
What they say they would do
Our summary of their platform, in our wordsHer questionnaire answers put a Green alternative on the ballot: deeply affordable social housing, tenant protections, redirecting war spending to human and ecological needs, and climate action that protects land, water and biodiversity.
- Deeply affordable social housing and tenant protections.
- Redirect war spending toward human and ecological needs.
- Confront climate change while protecting land, water and biodiversity.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsRedirecting war spending to social housing and climate work is a direction, not a bill; the questionnaire names the priorities and none of the amounts or mechanisms.
Where they stand
Housing and homelessness
Deeply affordable housing- What
- Said: Would address the housing crisis through deeply affordable social housing and tenant protections.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Public safety and immigration
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
Taxes, spending and your bills
Redirect war spending- What
- Said: Would end war and redirect resources toward human and ecological needs, and build an economy that supports working people, young people and communities excluded from political power.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Transportation, energy and climate
Protect land and water- What
- Said: Would confront climate change while protecting land, water and biodiversity, with housing, transportation, food and energy systems built to work with planetary processes.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 8 questions. Andrea Townsend is on record on 2, with 6 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findKeep H.R. 1’s Medicaid work rules, six-month renewals and SNAP cuts, or repeal them?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Restore the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that expired December 31, 2025?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
End the tariffs and take tariff power back from the president?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Fund the $70 billion expansion of ICE and Border Patrol through 2029 (the Secure America Act)?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Pass the Fix Our Forests Act: faster thinning and logging on federal forests with shorter windows to sue?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Should federal policy rein in data centers’ power, water and cost impacts, or keep fast-tracking them?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Direct the president to end U.S. military involvement in the war with Iran?
Said: Would end war and redirect resources toward human and ecological needs; her questionnaire does not name the Iran war or the war-powers resolutions.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Expand the federal role in housing, from the new ROAD to Housing law to more vouchers and tax credits?
Said: Would address the housing crisis through deeply affordable social housing and tenant protections; she does not address the ROAD Act, vouchers or tax credits.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
A question the evidence leaves open
What federal bills or budget changes would carry these priorities, and what would each cost?
Sources (3)
- Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filingsElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · Pacific GreenElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- Pacific Green Party · nomination questionnaire, Townsend’s answersCandidate statement · Posted July 17, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.