The 2024 Oregon Secretary of State election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the

Oregon secretary of state The secretary of state of Oregon, an elected constitutional officer within the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon, is first in the line of succession to the List of Governors of Oregon, governor. The duties of the offi ...

, the highest office in the state after the

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. Incumbent

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LaVonne Griffin-Valade LaVonne Griffin-Valade (born 1952 or 1953) is an American politician and author who served as the 29th Oregon Secretary of State from 2023 to 2025. Following the resignation of Shemia Fagan as secretary of state, Governor Tina Kotek appointed Gri ...

was appointed by Governor Tina Kotek to replace

Shemia Fagan Shemia Patricia Fagan (born September 20, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the Oregon secretary of state from 2021 to 2023. She previously served as a Democratic member of the Oregon Senate, representing Senate District ...

, 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

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. Griffin-Valade did not seek election to a full term. Primary elections took place May 21, 2024. Democratic nominee

Tobias Read Tobias Read (born July 1, 1975) is an American politician who is currently serving as the 30th Oregon Secretary of State since 2025. As a member of the Democratic Party he served as the 29th Oregon State Treasurer from 2017 to 2025. Before that, ...

won the general election on November 5, 2024.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

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(2017–present)

Eliminated in primary

* Jim Crary, attorney and candidate for in

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and

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* James Manning Jr., president pro tempore of the

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(2021–present) from the 7th district (2016–present) * Dave Stauffer, attorney and

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* Paul Damian Wells, machinist and candidate for secretary of state in

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and

Declined

, incumbent secretary of state (2023–present)

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Dennis Linthicum Dennis Linthicum (born 1956) is an American politician who served in the Oregon Senate from 2017 until 2025. He is a member of the Republican Party. Early life and career Linthicum graduated with a bachelors in economics from University of Cali ...

, 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

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Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

By congressional district

Read won 5 of 6 congressional districts.https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::9b2b545f-5cd2-4e0d-a9b9-cc3915a4750f

Notes

Partisan clients

References

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