2020 Oregon State Treasurer election

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2020 Oregon State Treasurer election
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  2016 November 3, 2020 2024  
  Tobias Read 2017.jpg Jeff Gudman.png
Candidate Tobias Read Jeff Gudman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,166,703936,916
Percentage51.7%41.5%

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Read:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Gudman:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%
     No data

State Treasurer before election

Tobias Read
Democratic

Elected State Treasurer

Tobias Read
Democratic

The 2020 Oregon State Treasurer election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Oregon State Treasurer. Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Tobias Read, first elected in 2016, was reelected to a second term in office.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tobias Read (incumbent) 464,429 98.73%
Write-in 5,9561.27%
Total votes470,385 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff Gudman 305,589 98.96%
Write-in 3,2231.04%
Total votes308,812 100.0%

General election

Endorsements

Tobias Read
Labor unions
Newspapers

Results

2020 Oregon State Treasurer election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Tobias Read (incumbent) 1,166,703 51.68% +7.57%
Republican Jeff Gudman936,91641.50%+0.15%
Independent Party Chris Henry99,8704.43%−4.99%
Constitution Michael Marsh51,8942.30%N/A
Write-in 2,0720.09%-0.10%
Total votes2,257,455 100.0%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Read won 4 of 5 congressional districts. [9]

DistrictReadGudmanRepresentative
1st 57%37% Suzanne Bonamici
2nd 38%55% Cliff Bentz
3rd 68%25% Earl Blumenauer
4th 47%46% Peter DeFazio
5th 48%45% Kurt Schrader

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