2024 Oregon Secretary of State election

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2024 Oregon Secretary of State election
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  2020 November 5, 20242026 
  Tobias Read 2017.jpg Dennis Linthicum by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Nominee Tobias Read Dennis Linthicum
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,166,447897,704
Percentage54.45%41.90%

2024 Oregon secretary of state election results map by county.svg
County results
[ citation needed ]
Read:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Linthicum:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Secretary of State before election

LaVonne Griffin-Valade
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Tobias Read
Democratic

The 2024 Oregon Secretary of State election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the Oregon secretary of state, the highest office in the state after the governor. [1] Incumbent Democrat LaVonne Griffin-Valade was appointed by Governor Tina Kotek to replace Shemia Fagan, who resigned in May 2023 after revelations that she took a consulting job at a cannabis company while her office was auditing Oregon's marijuana industry, which many considered to be a conflict of interest. [2] [3] Griffin-Valade did not seek election to a full term.

Contents

Primary elections took place May 21, 2024. [1] Democratic nominee Tobias Read won the general election on November 5, 2024.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

James Manning Jr.

Newspapers

Results

Results by county
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Read
50-60%
60-70%
70-80% Oregon Secretary of State Democratic Primary, 2024.svg
Results by county
  Read
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Democratic primary results [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tobias Read 303,089 69.40%
Democratic James Manning Jr. 97,42722.31%
Democratic Jim Crary16,3403.74%
Democratic Paul Damian Wells9,4252.16%
Democratic Dave Stauffer7,9211.81%
Write-in 2,5150.58%
Total votes436,717 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Dennis Linthicum

Newspapers

Declined to endorse

Newspapers

Results

Results by county
Linthicum
50-60%
60-70%
70-80% Oregon Secretary of State Republican Primary, 2024.svg
Results by county
  Linthicum
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Republican primary results [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dennis Linthicum 199,243 65.99%
Republican Brent Barker61,01120.21%
Republican Tim McCloud39,10912.95%
Write-in 2,5600.85%
Total votes301,923 100.00%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [16] Safe DJuly 25, 2024

Endorsements

Tobias Reed (D)

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Tobias
Read
Democratic
Dennis
Linthicum
Republican
Nathalie
Paravicini
Pacific Green
Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) [19] [A] October 16–17, 2024716 (LV)± 3.7%44%38%3%15%

Results

2024 Oregon Secretary of State election [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tobias Read 1,166,447 54.45
Republican Dennis Linthicum 897,70441.90
Pacific Green Nathalie Paravicini76,1703.56
Write-in 2,0110.09
Total votes2,142,332 100.00

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. This poll was sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute

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