The 2024 Oregon State Treasurer election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the Oregon state treasurer. Incumbent Democratic state treasurer Tobias Read was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office; he instead successfully ran for Secretary of State.

Primary elections took place May 21, 2024. On November 5, 2024, Democratic state senator Elizabeth Steiner defeated Republican state senator Brian Boquist in the general election, becoming the first woman to serve as state treasurer.

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Elizabeth Steiner, state senator from the 17th district (2011–present)

Eliminated in primary Jeff Gudman, former Lake Oswego city councilor (2013–2020) and Republican nominee for state treasurer in 2016 and 2020

Declined Jeff Golden, state senator from the 3rd district (2018–present)

Endorsements

Debate + 2024 Oregon State Treasurer election Democratic primary debate Date Host Moderator Link Democratic DemocraticKey: Participant  Absent  Not invited  Invited Withdrawn Jeff Gudman Elizabeth Steiner1 Apr. 12, 2024 City Club of Portland Suzanne Stevens YouTube

Results

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Brian Boquist, state senator from the 12th district (2009–present)

Withdrawn Nathan Sandvig, renewable energy developer

Results

General election Endorsements

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error ElizabethSteiner BrianBoquist MaryKing UndecidedPublic Policy Polling (D)October 16–17, 2024716 (LV)± 3.7%42%37%4%16%

Results

Steiner won a plurality of the votes, securing nine out of Oregon's 36 counties She performed the best in the state's most populous Multnomah County, home to Oregon's largest city, Portland, with 71.6% of the vote. The county was also where King, a third-party challenger, did the best, with 9.6% of the vote. Conversely, Boquist performed best in the rural Lake County, earning 81.7% of the vote. Steiner became the first woman to be elected as Oregon's state treasurer.

By county County Elizabeth SteinerDemocratic Brian BoquistRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total # % # % # % # % Baker1,93220.73%6,92374.28%4654.99%-4,991-53.55%9,320 Benton28,67359.36%15,41131.90%4,2228.74%13,26227.45%48,306 Clackamas108,70647.13%107,32946.53%14,6096.33%1,3770.60%230,644 Clatsop10,52447.60%9,77044.19%1,8168.21%7543.41%22,110 Columbia10,85136.41%16,71456.08%2,2407.52%-5,863-19.67%29,805 Coos11,80934.74%20,18459.38%2,0005.88%-8,375-24.64%33,993 Crook3,20120.59%11,64174.88%7044.53%-8,440-54.29%15,546 Curry5,10637.80%7,75457.40%6494.80%-2,648-19.60%13,509 Deschutes57,61747.47%56,23646.33%7,5266.20%1,3811.14%121,379 Douglas15,59526.40%40,35368.32%3,1145.27%-24,758-41.92%59,062 Gilliam22821.31%78773.55%555.14%-559-52.24%1,070 Grant69216.51%3,31779.13%1834.37%-2,625-62.62%4,192 Harney69817.49%3,12278.23%1714.28%-2,424-60.74%3,991 Hood River6,95058.59%4,00933.79%9047.62%2,94124.79%11,863 Jackson46,21640.62%60,68253.33%6,8836.05%-14,466-12.71%113,781 Jefferson3,25628.97%7,27264.69%7136.34%-4,016-35.73%11,241 Josephine14,25730.51%29,95464.09%2,5245.40%-15,697-33.59%46,735 Klamath8,08023.99%23,70270.36%1,9035.65%-15,622-46.38%33,685 Lake58014.32%3,30781.65%1634.02%-2,727-67.33%4,050 Lane107,51453.76%76,98138.49%15,4977.75%30,53315.27%199,992 Lincoln14,90352.10%11,60040.55%2,1037.35%3,30311.55%28,606 Linn21,55531.97%41,59861.70%4,2646.32%-20,043-29.73%67,417 Malheur2,28621.69%7,59572.07%6576.23%-5,309-50.38%10,538 Marion61,49941.19%76,72451.39%11,0747.42%-15,225-10.20%149,297 Morrow93620.83%3,28473.09%2736.08%-2,348-52.26%4,493 Multnomah280,95271.60%73,25818.67%38,1809.73%207,69452.93%392,390 Polk18,46140.41%24,11952.79%3,1076.80%-5,658-12.38%45,687 Sherman18816.95%87378.72%484.33%-685-61.77%1,109 Tillamook6,60942.67%7,96051.39%9205.94%-1,351-8.72%15,489 Umatilla7,44425.23%20,19468.44%1,8676.33%-12,750-43.21%29,505 Union3,35624.13%9,79370.41%7595.46%-6,437-46.28%13,908 Wallowa1,28526.40%3,32068.21%2625.38%-2,035-41.81%4,867 Wasco5,11340.56%6,67352.94%8196.50%-1,560-12.38%12,605 Washington161,10057.33%97,10434.56%22,7958.11%63,99622.77%280,999 Wheeler17421.09%61073.94%414.97%-436-52.85%825 Yamhill21,77339.40%29,64153.64%3,8456.96%-7,868-14.24%55,259Totals1,050,11949.36%919,79443.24%157,3557.40%130,3256.13%2,127,268 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Deschutes (largest city: Bend)

By congressional district Steiner won five of six congressional districts.https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::9b2b545f-5cd2-4e0d-a9b9-cc3915a4750f District Steiner Boquist Representative 59% 32%Suzanne Bonamici 31% 63%Cliff Bentz64%27%Earl Blumenauer (118th Congress)Maxine Dexter (119th Congress) 49% 44%Val Hoyle46.72%46.75%Lori Chavez-DeRemer (118th Congress)Janelle Bynum (119th Congress) 47% 45%Andrea Salinas

See also 2024 Oregon elections

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