2024 Oregon Secretary of State election

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. 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. Griffin-Valade did not seek election to a full term.

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Tobias Read, Oregon state treasurer (2017–present)

Eliminated in primary

• Jim Crary, attorney and candidate for in 2016 and 2018
• James Manning Jr., president pro tempore of the Oregon Senate (2021–present) from the 7th district (2016–present)
• Dave Stauffer, attorney and perennial candidate
• Paul Damian Wells, machinist and candidate for secretary of state in 2012 and 2016

Declined

• LaVonne Griffin-Valade, incumbent secretary of state (2023–present)

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Dennis Linthicum, state senator from the 28th district (2017–present)

Eliminated in primary

• Brent Barker, property broker and candidate for Commissioner of Labor in 2022
• Tim McCloud, market analyst and candidate for governor in 2022

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

By county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Deschutes (largest city: Bend)

By congressional district

Read won five of six congressional districts.

Notes

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