2024 Oregon State Treasurer election

See also: 2024 United States state treasurer elections

2024 Oregon State Treasurer election

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Candidate Elizabeth Steiner Brian Boquist Mary King Party Democratic Republican Working Families Popular vote 1,050,119 919,794 155,473 Percentage 49.36% 43.24% 7.31%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Steiner:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Boquist:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     40–50%     No votes

State Treasurer before election Tobias Read Democratic Elected State Treasurer Elizabeth Steiner Democratic

The 2024 Oregon State Treasurer election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the Oregon state treasurer. Incumbent Democratic state treasurer Tobias Read is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term in office; he is instead running for Secretary of State. ^[1]

Primary elections took place May 21, 2024. ^[2] On November 5, 2024, Democratic state senator Elizabeth Steiner defeated Republican state senator Brian Boquist in the general election, becoming the first woman to serve as state treasurer. ^[3]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Elizabeth Steiner, state senator from the 17th district (2011–present) ^[4]

Eliminated in primary

• Jeff Gudman, former Lake Oswego city councilor (2013–2020) and Republican nominee for state treasurer in 2016 and 2020 ^[5]

Declined

• Jeff Golden, state senator from the 3rd district (2018–present) ^[6]

Endorsements

Jeff Gudman

Newspapers

• The Oregonian ^[7]

Elizabeth Steiner

Organizations

• Basic Rights Oregon ^[8]

Labor unions

• Oregon Education Association ^[9]

Newspapers

• Eugene Weekly ^[10]
• Portland Mercury ^[11]
• The Skanner ^[12]
• Willamette Week ^[13]

Results

Results by county

Steiner

•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

Democratic primary results ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Steiner	335,079	78.48%
	Democratic	Jeff Gudman	89,459	20.95%
	Democratic	Miscellaneous	2,418	0.57%
Total votes			426,956	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Brian Boquist, state senator from the 12th district (2009–present) ^[16]

Withdrawn

• Nathan Sandvig, renewable energy developer ^[16]

Results

Republican primary results ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Boquist	251,064	98.85%
	Republican	Miscellaneous	2,914	1.15%
Total votes			253,978	100.00%

General election

Endorsements

Elizabeth Steiner (D)

Newspapers

• The Oregonian ^[17]
• Willamette Week ^[18]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Elizabeth Steiner Democratic	Brian Boquist Republican	Mary King Working Families	Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) [19] [A]	October 16–17, 2024	716 (LV)	± 3.7%	42%	37%	4%	16%

Results

King's results by county:

  King—8.75–10.0%

  King—7.50–8.75%

  King—6.25–7.50%

  King—5.00–6.25%

  King—3.75–5.00%

Steiner won a plurality of the votes, securing nine out of Oregon's 36 counties ^[20] She performed the best in the state's most populous Multnomah County, ^[21] home to Oregon's largest city, Portland, with 71.6% of the vote. The county was also where King, a third-party challenger, ^[22] did the best, with 9.6% of the vote. Conversely, Boquist performed best in the rural ^[23] Lake County, earning 81.7% of the vote. ^[24] Steiner became the first woman to be elected as Oregon's state treasurer. ^[25]

2024 Oregon State Treasurer election ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Steiner	1,050,119	49.36%	–2.32%
	Republican	Brian Boquist	919,794	43.24%	+1.74%
	Working Families	Mary King	155,473	7.31%	N/A
	Write-in		1,882	0.09%	–
Total votes			2,127,268	100.0%
	Democratic hold

By congressional district

Steiner won 5 of 6 congressional districts. ^[27]

District	Steiner	Boquist	Representative
1st	59%	32%	Suzanne Bonamici
2nd	31%	63%	Cliff Bentz
3rd	64%	27%	Earl Blumenauer (118th Congress)
			Maxine Dexter (119th Congress)
4th	49%	44%	Val Hoyle
5th	46.8%	46.7%	Lori Chavez-DeRemer (118th Congress)
			Janelle Bynum (119th Congress)
6th	47%	45%	Andrea Salinas

See also

• 2024 Oregon elections

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

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2. "Oregon elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
3. Rogoway, Mike (November 6, 2024). "Elizabeth Steiner wins Oregon treasurer's race". OregonLive. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
4. VanderHart, Dirk (September 13, 2023). "One of Oregon's top budget writers wants to be state treasurer". Oregon Public Broadcasting . Retrieved September 13, 2023.
5. Buchanan, Correy (October 13, 2023). "Jeff Gudman runs for state treasurer again, this time as a Democrat". YourOregonNews.com . Retrieved October 16, 2023.
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16. Baumhardt, Alex (March 12, 2024). "Republican Sen. Brian Boquist, barred from running for Senate, seeks state treasurer job". Oregon Capital Chronicle . Retrieved March 13, 2024.
17. "Editorial endorsement November 2024: Elizabeth Steiner is voters' best pick for treasurer". 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 25, 2024). "Democrat Elizabeth Steiner has a five point lead over Brian Boquist for Oregon State Treasurer". Northwest Progressive Institute.
20. "Oregon Counties". oregon.gov. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
21. Carney, Kristen. "Oregon Counties by Population (2025)". Oregon Demographics. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
22. "Mary King Launches Oregon WFP-Backed Campaign for State Treasurer". Working Families Party. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
23. Diehl, Caleb (November 14, 2018). "Rural county stakes future on renewable energy". Oregon Business. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
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25. "Elizabeth Steiner wins Oregon treasurer's race". Oregon Live. November 5, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
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27. https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::9b2b545f-5cd2-4e0d-a9b9-cc3915a4750f