2016 Oregon Secretary of State election

The 2016 Oregon Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the Oregon Secretary of State. Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins declined to seek election; she was appointed in March 2015 following Kate Brown's ascension to the governorship.

Republican Dennis Richardson defeated Democrat Brad Avakian to become the first Republican elected to statewide office in Oregon since 2002, and the first to hold this office since 1985. As of , this remains the last statewide election in Oregon won by a Republican.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Brad Avakian, Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries, former state senator and state representative candidate for 2012 Oregon's 1st congressional district special election
• Richard Devlin, state senator and former state representative
• Val Hoyle, state representative

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• Sid Leiken, Lane County commissioner
• Dennis Richardson, former state representative

Results

Independent Party primary

Nominee

• Paul Damian Wells, machinist and perennial candidate

Results

Other candidates

• Sharon Durbin (Libertarian), candidate for U.S. House District 2 in 2014
• Michael P. Marsh (Constitution), perennial candidate
• Alan Zundel (Pacific Green), former political scientist and former professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Notes

References