2024 Oregon Secretary of State election

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2024 Oregon Secretary of State election
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  2020 November 5, 20242028 
  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
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Read:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Linthicum:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%     No votes

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% +4.14%
Republican Dennis Linthicum 897,70441.90%–1.31%
Pacific Green Nathalie Paravicini76,1703.56%–0.05%
Write-in 2,0110.09%–0.01%
Total votes2,142,332 100.0%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Read won five of six congressional districts. [21]

DistrictReadLinthicumRepresentative
1st 65%31% Suzanne Bonamici
2nd 35%62% Cliff Bentz
3rd 70%26% Earl Blumenauer (118th Congress)
Maxine Dexter (119th Congress)
4th 54%43% Val Hoyle
5th 52%45% Lori Chavez-DeRemer (118th Congress)
Janelle Bynum (119th Congress)
6th 53%44% Andrea Salinas

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Oregon elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  2. Borrud, Hillary (May 2, 2023). "Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan resigns". The Oregonian/OregonLive . Archived from the original on May 2, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  3. Shumway, Julia (June 30, 2023). "LaVonne Griffin-Valade takes over as Oregon secretary of state with pledge to rebuild trust". Oregon Capital Chronicle . Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  4. Shumway, Julia (July 24, 2023). "Oregon state Treasurer Read prepares to enter secretary of state race". Oregon Capital Chronicle . Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Shumway, Julia (March 12, 2024). "Two Republican senators try for statewide office and other Oregon filing day surprises". Oregon Capital Chronicle . Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  6. Edge, Sami (September 18, 2023). "Oregon state Sen. James Manning, Treasurer Tobias Read running for secretary of state". The Oregonian . Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  7. Shumway, Julia (June 30, 2023). "LaVonne Griffin-Valade takes over as Oregon secretary of state with pledge to rebuild trust". Oregon Capital Chronicle. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023. Griffin-Valade said she doesn't plan to run for a full term in 2024
  8. "The Skanner News May 2024 Primary Endorsements". The Skanner News. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  9. "2024: Oregon Statewide Elections". Oregon Education Association . Archived from the original on April 20, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  10. "Voters, Mark Your Ballots – Eugene Weekly". eugeneweekly.com. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Editorial endorsement May 2024: Choose Read in Democratic primary for secretary of state; no pick for Republicans". The Oregonian/OregonLive . April 17, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  12. 1 2 "WW's May 2024 Endorsements: Statewide". Willamette Week. May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  13. "Mercury May 2024 Primary Election Endorsements: State Races". Portland Mercury. May 3, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
  14. 1 2 "May 21, 2024, Primary Election Abstract of Votes" (PDF). Oregon Secretary of State. May 21, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  15. Shumway, Julia (January 8, 2024). "Looming 2024 election poses big questions for Oregon voters". Oregon Capital Chronicle . Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  16. Jacobson, Louis (July 25, 2024). "2024's Races for Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Lieutenant Governor: An Update". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  17. "Editorial endorsement November 2024: Tobias Read for secretary of state". The Oregonian. September 25, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  18. "WW's Fall 2024 Endorsements: Statewide". Willamette Week. October 16, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  19. Villeneuve, Andrew (October 23, 2024). "Democrat Tobias Read has a six point lead over Republican Dennis Linthicum for Oregon Secretary of State". Northwest Progressive Institute.
  20. "November 5, 2024, General Election Abstract of Votes" (PDF). Oregon SOS. December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  21. https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::9b2b545f-5cd2-4e0d-a9b9-cc3915a4750f