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 Oregon's 2nd congressional district 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 congressional district
Read won 5 of 6 congressional districts.
Notes
Partisan clients
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