Marc Delphine - Reaches Higher

Marc Delphine is a committed volunteer, entrepreneur and aspiring Libertarian politician as a candidate for Oregon state representative in District 26.

Delphine has served on the Portland Area Business Association board and co-founded its weekly networking group, Biz Builders. He also founded Equity Funds, which creates gay-friendly mutual funds, and volunteers for the Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center.

A financial planner by day, Delphine is running on the platform of “personal freedom, personal responsibility and equality for all.” He wants to be a volunteer politician with a belief in the individual’s capacity to create change, encouraging people to “look to themselves first” for solutions. He pushes the idea that “government wastes too much money” and that solutions are found in focusing money on projects that are working, not failing.

He also believes in “getting the government out of marriage.” According to Delphine, “the government should be upholding the law” and “when the government grows, our freedoms erode.” He wants Oregonians to find sustainable solutions rather than relying on corporate-oriented government programs to fulfill the needs of individuals.

My name is Marc Delphine I.

I am known as an ambitious entrepreneur and leader in my community.

My cause is personal freedom, personal responsibility and to inspire others.

I am 31 years old. I feel 31 years old.

My childhood ambition was to be president of the United States of America (and still is!).

My first same-sex crush was on Jose Canseco or Kirk Cameron.

I like to spend my down time playing tennis and working out.

My proudest moment was my second run for state senator in 2006.

My biggest challenge is balancing priorities of my college and financial planning firm, Equality Funds, University of Phoenix, studying to be a certified financial planner, keeping in shape and finding a date!

A perfect day in Portland would be spent at breakfast at Mother’s Bistro, playing tennis with my ideal mate, walking by the waterfront with no clouds in the sky and 75 degrees, lunch at the Portland City Grill, winning the lottery and then buying friends and family dinner at El Gaucho.

My first job was at JK Gill in Washington Square.

My inspiration is to expand Equality Funds into a multibillion-dollar international corporation that promotes equality in the work force without governmental interference whereby we increase the interest in investing and voting.

My highest hope for the cause is to enrich and reward companies and investors alike for participating in a voluntary way of expanding freedom and equality in the workplace, thus developing a higher standard of living, fully informed voter participation and spiritual/political passion in the world.


—Mija Sanders