2016 Oregon State Treasurer election

The 2016 Oregon State Treasurer election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the Oregon State Treasurer. Incumbent Democratic state treasurer Ted Wheeler is term-limited and successfully ran for mayor of Portland. Democrat Tobias Read was elected with 44.1% of the vote to succeed him.

2016 Oregon State Treasurer election

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Candidate Tobias Read Jeff Gudman Chris Telfer Party Democratic Republican Independent Party Popular vote 828,354 776,513 176,892 Percentage 44.1% 41.3% 9.42%

County results Precinct results Read:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Gudman:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      No data

State Treasurer before election Ted Wheeler Democratic Elected State Treasurer Tobias Read Democratic

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Tobias Read, state representative^[1][2]

Results

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Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tobias Read	394,815	98.37
	Democratic	Write-ins	6,536	1.63
Total votes			401,351	100

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jeff Gudman, Lake Oswego City Councilor^[1][4]

Results

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Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Gudman	245,986	98.55
	Republican	Write-ins	3,608	1.45
Total votes			249,594	100

Independent Party primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Chris Telfer, former state senator^[1][5]

Results

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Oregon State Treasurer Independent primary, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Party	Chris Telfer	19,708	80.67
	Independent Party	Write-ins	4,721	19.33
Total votes			24,429	100

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Tobias Read (D)	Jeff Gudman (R)	Chris Telfer (I)	Undecided
iCitizen[6]	September 2–7, 2016	610	± 4.0%	25%	18%	9%	48%

Results

Oregon State Treasurer election, November 8, 2016^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tobias Read	828,354	44.11%
	Republican	Jeff Gudman	776,513	41.35%
	Independent Party	Chris Telfer	176,892	9.42%
	Progressive	Chris Henry	92,663	4.93%
		Write-ins	3,497	0.19%
Total votes			1,877,919	100%