2012 Oregon Secretary of State election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2012 Oregon Secretary of State election

| previous_year = 2008

| ongoing = No

| percentage1 = 51.2%

| popular_vote1 = 863,656

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| nominee1 = Kate Brown

| image1 = File:Kate_Brown_cropped.jpg

| image_size = 150x150px

| turnout =

| image2 = File:Knute_Buehler_Candidate.jpg

| next_year = 2016

| next_election = 2016

| election_date = November 6, 2012

| previous_election = 2008 Oregon Secretary of State election

| percentage2 = 43.2%

| type = presidential

| country = Oregon

| nominee2 = Knute Buehler

| popular_vote2 = 727,607

| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = Kate Brown

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| before_election = Kate Brown

| title = Secretary of State

| map_caption = Brown: {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}}
Buehler: {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#d72f30|70–80%}}

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| map_image = {{switcher |250px |County results |250px |Congressional district results |default=1}}

}}{{ElectionsOR}}The 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.{{Cite news|date=2019-01-28|title=Oregon Governor Election Results|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/oregon-governor|access-date=2020-06-14|issn=0362-4331}}

Democratic primary

= Candidates =

Kate Brown, incumbent{{cite web|title=Candidate Filings, Secretary of State|url=https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=&cfName=&cfyearActive=2012&cfElection=413&cfOffice=SOS&cfOfficeGrp=&cfPartyAffiliation=&cfFilingFromDate=&cfFilingToDate=&cfWithDrawFromDate=&cfWithDrawToDate=|accessdate=May 17, 2012|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State}}
Paul Damian Wells, machinist

= Results =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Democratic Primary results{{cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873711 |title=May 15, 2012 Primary Election: Secretary of State Official Election Results|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|accessdate=May 17, 2012}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Kate Brown|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=284,470|percentage=91.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Paul Damian Wells|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=26,177|percentage=8.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=write-ins|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=1,510|percentage=0.5}}

Republican primary

= Candidates =

Knute Buehler, surgeon

= Results =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Republican Primary results{{cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873711|title=Official Results: May 15, 2012 Primary Election|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|accessdate=June 29, 2012}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Knute Buehler|votes=199,179|percentage=97.76}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=write-ins|votes=4,558|percentage=2.24}}

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.{{cite news|last=Mapes|first=Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian|date=July 18, 2012|title=Knute Buehler wins Independent Party nod, as do several Oregon House Democratic candidates|newspaper=The Oregonian|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2012/07/knute_buehler_wins_independent.html|accessdate=July 18, 2012}}

= Candidates =

Kate Brown, incumbent
Knute Buehler, surgeon

= Results =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Independent Party of Oregon primary results{{cite web|url=http://www.indparty.com/election/2012results.html|title=Primary election results|publisher=Independent Party of Oregon|accessdate=July 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002022808/http://www.indparty.com/election/2012results.html|archive-date=October 2, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Knute Buehler|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=348|percentage=55.68}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Kate Brown|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=277|percentage=44.32}}

Other candidates

Bruce Alexander Knight (Libertarian), store manager{{cite web|title=Candidate Filings, Secretary of State|url=https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=&cfName=&cfyearActive=2012&cfElection=415&cfOffice=SOS&cfOfficeGrp=&cfPartyAffiliation=&cfFilingFromDate=&cfFilingToDate=&cfWithDrawFromDate=&cfWithDrawToDate=|accessdate=June 29, 2012|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State}}
Robert Wolfe (Progressive), wine salesman
Seth Woolley (Pacific Green), software engineer

Polling

class="wikitable"

!Poll source

! style="width:150px;" |Date(s)

administered

! class="small" |Sample

size

!Margin oferror

! style="width:100px;" |Kate

Brown (D)

! style="width:100px;" |Knute

Buehler (R, I)

!Undecided

The Oregonian[https://media.oregonlive.com/politics_impact/other/Oregonian%20statewide%20poll.pdf The Oregonian]

| align="center" |October 25–28, 2012

| align="center" |405

| align="center" |± 5%

| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} |38%

| align="center" |23%

| align="center" |36%

DHM Research[http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/opb-news-static/surveys2012/102912_Statewide_Survey.pdf DHM Research]

| align="center" |October 18–20, 2012

| align="center" |500

| align="center" |± 2.6%–4.4%

| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} |43%

| align="center" |37%

| align="center" |15%

Public Policy Polling[https://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_OR_0626122.pdf Public Policy Polling]

| align="center" |June 21–24, 2012

| align="center" |686

| align="center" |± 3.7%

| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} |48%

| align="center" |30%

| align="center" |21%

Results

{{Election box begin no change|title=Oregon Secretary of State – General Election Results{{cite web

|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873690

|title=November 6, 2012, General Election Abstract of Votes

|publisher=Oregon Elections Division

|accessdate=December 5, 2012}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Kate Brown|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=863,656|percentage=51.28}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Knute Buehler|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=727,607|percentage=43.20}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Seth Woolley|party=Pacific Green Party|votes=44,235|percentage=2.63}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Bruce Alexander Knight|party=Libertarian Party of Oregon|votes=24,273|percentage=1.44}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Robert Wolfe|party=Oregon Progressive Party|votes=21,783|percentage=1.29}}

{{Election box candidate no change|party=|candidate=write-ins|votes=2,561|percentage=0.15}}

=Results by congressional districts=

Brown won 4 of 5 congressional districts.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/07/09/1220127/-Daily-Kos-Elections-2012-election-results-by-congressional-and-legislative-districts|title=Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts|website=Daily Kos|access-date=11 August 2020}}

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! District

! Brown

! Buehler

! Representative

align=center

! {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{ushr|Oregon|1|1st}}

| 52%

| 43%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|Suzanne Bonamici

align=center

! {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|Oregon|2|2nd}}

| 40%

| 56%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Greg Walden

align=center

! {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{ushr|Oregon|3|3rd}}

| 65%

| 28%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|Earl Blumenauer

align=center

! {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{ushr|Oregon|4|4th}}

| 50%

| 44%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|Peter DeFazio

align=center

! {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{ushr|Oregon|5|5th}}

| 49%

| 47%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|Kurt Schrader

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References

Category:2012 Oregon elections

Category:Oregon Secretary of State elections

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Category:November 2012 in the United States