2020 Oregon State Treasurer election

2020 Oregon State Treasurer election

November 3, 2020

Candidate Tobias Read Jeff Gudman Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,166,703 936,916 Percentage 51.7% 41.5%

Read:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Gudman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      50%      No data

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

The 2020 Oregon State Treasurer election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Oregon State Treasurer. Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Tobias Read, first elected in 2016, was reelected to a second term in office.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Tobias Read, incumbent State Treasurer

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tobias Read (incumbent)	464,429	98.73%
	Write-in		5,956	1.27%
Total votes			470,385	100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Jeff Gudman, former Lake Oswego city councilor

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Gudman	305,589	98.96%
	Write-in		3,223	1.04%
Total votes			308,812	100.0%

General election

Endorsements

Tobias Read

Labor unions

• AFSCME Local 2831

Newspapers

• The Oregonian

Results

2020 Oregon State Treasurer election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tobias Read (incumbent)	1,166,703	51.68%	+7.57%
	Republican	Jeff Gudman	936,916	41.50%	+0.15%
	Independent Party	Chris Henry	99,870	4.43%	−4.99%
	Constitution	Michael Marsh	51,894	2.30%	N/A
	Write-in		2,072	0.09%	-0.10%
Total votes			2,257,455	100.0%
	Democratic hold

By congressional district

Read won 4 of 5 congressional districts.

District	Read	Gudman	Representative
1st	57%	37%	Suzanne Bonamici
2nd	38%	55%	Cliff Bentz
3rd	68%	25%	Earl Blumenauer
4th	47%	46%	Peter DeFazio
5th	48%	45%	Kurt Schrader

External links

• 2020 Oregon State Treasurer election at Ballotpedia