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2012 Oregon Secretary of State election
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2012 Oregon Secretary of State election 2008 No 51.28% 863,656 Democratic Party (United States) Kate Brown File:Kate_Brown_cropped.jpg 150x150px File:Knute_Buehler_Candidate.jpg 2016 2016 November 6, 2012 2008 Oregon Secretary of State election 43.20% presidential Oregon Knute Buehler 727,607 Democratic Party (United States) Kate Brown Democratic Party (United States) Kate Brown Secretary of State Brown: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70%Buehler: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% Republican Party (United States) 260px County results 260px Congressional district resultsThe 2012 Oregon Secretary of State election was held on November 6, 2012, to elect the Oregon Secretary of State. Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Kate Brown ran for a second term against Republican Knute Buehler. Brown and Buehler ran against each other again in the 2018 Oregon gubernatorial election.2019-01-28 Oregon Governor Election Results en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/oregon-governor 2020-06-14 0362-4331
Democratic primary
Candidates
Kate Brown, incumbentCandidate Filings, Secretary of State https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=&cfName=&cfyearActive=2012&cfElection=413&cfOffice=SOS&cfOfficeGrp=&cfPartyAffiliation=&cfFilingFromDate=&cfFilingToDate=&cfWithDrawFromDate=&cfWithDrawToDate= May 17, 2012 Oregon Secretary of State
Paul Damian Wells, machinist
Results
Democratic Primary resultshttp://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873711 May 15, 2012 Primary Election: Secretary of State Official Election Results Oregon Secretary of State May 17, 2012 October 9, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201009112705/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873711 dead
Kate Brown Democratic Party (United States) 284,470 91.1
Paul Damian Wells Democratic Party (United States) 26,177 8.4
write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 1,510 0.5
312,157 100
Republican primary
Candidates
Knute Buehler, surgeon
Results
Republican Primary resultshttp://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873711 Official Results: May 15, 2012 Primary Election Oregon Secretary of State June 29, 2012 October 9, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201009112705/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873711 dead
Republican Party (United States) Knute Buehler 199,179 97.76
Republican Party (United States) write-ins 4,558 2.24
203,737 100
Independent primary
Oregon allows candidates to be cross-nominated by up to three political parties. The Independent Party of Oregon holds a month-long online primary to select which candidate receives their nomination. The party chose candidates in a number of legislative and local races but only one statewide race, Secretary of State.Mapes Jeff July 18, 2012 Knute Buehler wins Independent Party nod, as do several Oregon House Democratic candidates The Oregonian https://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2012/07/knute_buehler_wins_independent.html July 18, 2012
Candidates
Kate Brown, incumbent
Knute Buehler, surgeon
Results
Independent Party of Oregon primary resultshttp://www.indparty.com/election/2012results.html Primary election results Independent Party of Oregon July 18, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121002022808/http://www.indparty.com/election/2012results.html October 2, 2012 dead mdy-all
Knute Buehler Republican Party (United States) 348 55.68
Kate Brown Democratic Party (United States) 277 44.32
625 100
Other candidates
Bruce Alexander Knight (Libertarian), store managerCandidate Filings, Secretary of State https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=&cfName=&cfyearActive=2012&cfElection=415&cfOffice=SOS&cfOfficeGrp=&cfPartyAffiliation=&cfFilingFromDate=&cfFilingToDate=&cfWithDrawFromDate=&cfWithDrawToDate= June 29, 2012 Oregon Secretary of State
Robert Wolfe (Progressive), wine salesman
Seth Woolley (Pacific Green), software engineer
General election
Polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administeredSample
sizeMargin oferrorKate
Brown (D)Knute
Buehler (R, I)UndecidedThe OregonianThe OregonianOctober 25–28, 2012405± 5%38%23%36%DHM ResearchDHM ResearchOctober 18–20, 2012500± 2.6%–4.4%43%37%15%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy PollingJune 21–24, 2012686± 3.7%48%30%21%
Results
Oregon Secretary of State – General Election Resultshttp://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873690 November 6, 2012, General Election Abstract of Votes Oregon Elections Division December 5, 2012 October 11, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201011031342/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873690 dead
Kate Brown Democratic Party (United States) 863,656 51.28
Knute Buehler Republican Party (United States) 727,607 43.20
Seth Woolley Pacific Green Party 44,235 2.63
Bruce Alexander Knight Libertarian Party of Oregon 24,273 1.44
Robert Wolfe Oregon Progressive Party 21,783 1.29
write-ins 2,561 0.15
1,684,115 100
Results by congressional districts
Brown won four of five congressional districts.https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/07/09/1220127/-Daily-Kos-Elections-2012-election-results-by-congressional-and-legislative-districts Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts Daily Kos 11 August 2020
District Brown Buehler RepresentativeOregon 1 1st 52% 43%Suzanne BonamiciOregon 2 2nd 40% 56%Greg WaldenOregon 3 3rd 65% 28%Earl Blumenauer Oregon 4 4th 50% 44%Peter DeFazioOregon 5 5th 49% 47%Kurt Schrader
References
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