2024 Oregon Secretary of State election

See also: 2024 United States secretary of state elections

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.

2024 Oregon Secretary of State election

← 2020 November 5, 2024 2028 →

Nominee Tobias Read Dennis Linthicum Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,166,447 897,704 Percentage 54.45% 41.90%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results 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

Primary elections took place May 21, 2024.^[1] Democratic nominee Tobias Read won the general election on November 5, 2024.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Tobias Read, Oregon state treasurer (2017–present)^[4]

Eliminated in primary

• Jim Crary, attorney and candidate for Oregon's 2nd congressional district in 2016 and 2018^[5]
• James Manning Jr., president pro tempore of the Oregon Senate (2021–present) from the 7th district (2016–present)^[6]
• Dave Stauffer, attorney and perennial candidate^[5]
• Paul Damian Wells, machinist and candidate for secretary of state in 2012 and 2016^[5]

Declined

• LaVonne Griffin-Valade, incumbent secretary of state (2023–present)^[7]

Endorsements

James Manning Jr.

Newspapers

• The Skanner^[8]

Tobias Read

Labor unions

• Oregon Education Association^[9]

Newspapers

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

Results

Results by county

  Read

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

Democratic primary results^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tobias Read	303,089	69.40%
	Democratic	James Manning Jr.	97,427	22.31%
	Democratic	Jim Crary	16,340	3.74%
	Democratic	Paul Damian Wells	9,425	2.16%
	Democratic	Dave Stauffer	7,921	1.81%
	Write-in		2,515	0.58%
Total votes			436,717	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Dennis Linthicum, state senator from the 28th district (2017–present)^[5]

Eliminated in primary

• Brent Barker, property broker and candidate for Commissioner of Labor in 2022^[15]
• Tim McCloud, market analyst and candidate for governor in 2022^[5]

Endorsements

Dennis Linthicum

Newspapers

• Willamette Week^[12]

Declined to endorse

Newspapers

• The Oregonian^[11]

Results

Results by county

  Linthicum

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

Republican primary results^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Linthicum	199,243	65.99%
	Republican	Brent Barker	61,011	20.21%
	Republican	Tim McCloud	39,109	12.95%
	Write-in		2,560	0.85%
Total votes			301,923	100.00%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[16]	Safe D	July 25, 2024

Endorsements

Tobias Reed (D)

Newspapers

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

Polling

Poll source	Date(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, 2024	716 (LV)	± 3.7%	44%	38%	3%	15%

Results

2024 Oregon Secretary of State election^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tobias Read	1,166,447	54.45%	+4.14%
	Republican	Dennis Linthicum	897,704	41.90%	–1.31%
	Pacific Green	Nathalie Paravicini	76,170	3.56%	–0.05%
	Write-in		2,011	0.09%	–0.01%
Total votes			2,142,332	100.0%
	Democratic hold

By congressional district

Read won 5 of 6 congressional districts.^[21]

District	Read	Linthicum	Representative
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