2018 Oregon Commissioner of Labor election

2018 Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries election

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Nominee Val Hoyle Lou Ogden Jack Howard
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 375,762 253,977 86,477
Percentage 52.3% 35.3% 12.0%

Results by county:
Hoyle:      40-50%      50–60%      60-70%      70-80%
Ogden:      30-40%      40-50%      50–60%

Commissioner of Labor and Industries before election

Brad Avakian
Nonpartisan

Elected Commissioner of Labor and Industries

Val Hoyle
Nonpartisan

The 2018 Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries election was held on May 15, 2018, in order to elect the Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries. The election was held on a nonpartisan basis.

Incumbent Commissioner Brad Avakian did not seek reelection.[1] Val Hoyle was elected to succeed him. Because Hoyle won a majority in the May primary election, a November runoff did not occur.

  1. ^ Friedman, Gordon R. (July 11, 2017). "Brad Avakian, Oregon labor bureau chief, will not seek re-election". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on October 2, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.