2016 Oregon State Treasurer election

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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%

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

The 2016 Oregon State Treasurer election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the Oregon State Treasurer. Incumbent treasurer Ted Wheeler (D) is term-limited and successfully ran for mayor of Portland. Tobias Read (D) was elected to succeed him.

Democratic primary[edit]

Results[edit]

[3]

Oregon State Treasurer Democratic primary, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tobias Read 394,815 98.37
Democratic Write-ins 6,536 1.63
Total votes 401,351 100

Republican primary[edit]

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

Results[edit]

[3]

Oregon State Treasurer Republican primary, 2016
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[edit]

Results[edit]

[3]

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[edit]

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

Results[edit]

Oregon State Treasurer election, November 8, 2016[6]
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%

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Candidate Filing Search Results – State Treasurer". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  2. ^ Theriault, Denis C. (July 8, 2015). "Tobias Read makes run for state treasurer official". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Official Results - May 17, 2016, Primary Election Abstract of Votes - State Treasurer County Totals". Oregon Secretary of State. State of Oregon. May 26, 2016.
  4. ^ The Associated Press (November 10, 2015). "Lake Oswego City Councilor Jeff Gudman to run for Oregon state treasurer". The Register-Guard. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  5. ^ Kullgren, Ian K. (August 28, 2015). "Independent Party candidate announces bid for Oregon treasurer". The Oregonian (OregonLive.com). Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  6. ^ "Official Results 2016 General Election November 8, 2016". sos.oregon.gov. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved November 27, 2016.