2020 Oregon Secretary of State election

2020 Oregon Secretary of State election

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Nominee Shemia Fagan Kim Thatcher
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,146,370 984,587
Percentage 50.3% 43.2%

Fagan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Thatcher:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%
     No data

Secretary of State before election

Bev Clarno
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Shemia Fagan
Democratic

The 2020 Oregon Secretary of State election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Oregon Secretary of State, the highest office in the state after the governor. Incumbent Republican Bev Clarno had agreed not to run for a full term.[1] Clarno was appointed by Governor Kate Brown to replace Dennis Richardson, who died of cancer during his term.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Oregon Secretary of State election, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Gordon R. Friedman | The (February 27, 2019). "Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson dies of brain cancer". oregonlive. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. ^ VanderHart, Dirk. "Bev Clarno, Former House Speaker, Will Be Oregon's Next Secretary Of State". www.opb.org. Retrieved May 15, 2020.