Tobias Read

Read was born in 1975 in Missoula, Montana. After growing up in Boise, Idaho,https://www.opb.org/article/2022/04/12/tobias-read-democrat-oregon-treasurer-governor-candidate/ he moved to Oregon where he graduated from Willamette University in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in politics and economics.{{cite news|last=Brettman|first=Allan|date=June 8, 2012|title=State Rep. Tobias Read leaves Nike to focus on legislative work|work=The Oregonian|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/playbooks-profits/index.ssf/2012/06/state_rep_tobias_read_leaves_n.html|access-date=June 8, 2012|archive-date=June 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614114458/http://www.oregonlive.com/playbooks-profits/index.ssf/2012/06/state_rep_tobias_read_leaves_n.html|url-status=live}} While at Willamette, Read was a member of the rowing team.https://www.opb.org/article/2022/04/12/tobias-read-democrat-oregon-treasurer-governor-candidate/ It was there that he also met lifelong friend Dmitri Palmateer, who now serves as his chief of staff.https://news.willamette.edu/library/2025/01/tobias-read.html In 2003, Read earned an MBA from the University of Washington in Seattle.

From 1999 to 2001, Read worked for the United States Department of the Treasury as an aide to then-Secretary Lawrence Summers. His immediate supervisor was Sheryl Sandberg.{{cite news|last=Jaquiss|first=Nigel|authorlink=Nigel Jaquiss|date=September 27, 2016|title=Five Things You Didn't Know About Tobias Read|work=Willamette Week|url=http://www.wweek.com/news/2016/09/28/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-tobias-read/|access-date=September 28, 2016|archive-date=September 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929143458/http://www.wweek.com/news/2016/09/28/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-tobias-read/|url-status=live}} Read then returned to Oregon after graduate school, working for startup SkyTaxi for several months before finding work at Nike as a footwear developer, where he worked from 2004 to 2012.https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjread/ In 2012, he left his role at Nike to focus full-time on his political career.https://www.oregonlive.com/playbooks-profits/2012/06/state_rep_tobias_read_leaves_n.htmlFile:Representative Tobias Read.jpg

Read served in the Oregon State Legislature from 2007 to 2016 as the representative from the 27th district. As a legislator, Read was a strong advocate for fully funding Oregon's full-day kindergarten;{{Cite web |url=https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2011R1/Measures/Overview/SB248 |title=SB248 2011 Regular Session - Oregon Legislative Information System |access-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216223053/https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2011R1/Measures/Overview/SB248 |url-status=live }} supported state investments in green tech jobs and research through Oregon InC and other initiatives;{{Cite web |url=https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2009R1/Measures/Overview/HB2795 |title=HB2795 2009 Regular Session - Oregon Legislative Information System |access-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216222906/https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2009R1/Measures/Overview/HB2795 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2009R1/Measures/Overview/HB3300 |title=HB3300 2009 Regular Session - Oregon Legislative Information System |access-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216223122/https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2009R1/Measures/Overview/HB3300 |url-status=live }} worked to stabilize state funding and enhance the state's Rainy Day funds;{{Cite web |url=https://www.registerguard.com/article/20090612/OPINION/306129962 |title=An improved tax plan |newspaper=The Register-Guard |date=June 12, 2009 |access-date=December 16, 2019|archive-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216224410/https://www.registerguard.com/article/20090612/OPINION/306129962 |url-status=live }} and sponsored legislation to redirect unclaimed funds from class action lawsuits to legal assistance for low income Oregonians;{{Cite web |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/19378/50892/requires-redistribution-of-unclaimed-damages-from-class-action-lawsuits |title=Oregon HB 2700 - Requires Redistribution of Unclaimed Damages from Class Action Lawsuits - Oregon Key Vote - the Voter's Self Defense System - Vote Smart |access-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216223019/https://votesmart.org/bill/19378/50892/requires-redistribution-of-unclaimed-damages-from-class-action-lawsuits |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/housedemocrats/Documents/Class%20Action%20Floor%20Vote.pdf |title=Error |access-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216223003/https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/housedemocrats/Documents/Class%2520Action%2520Floor%2520Vote.pdf |url-status=live }} rather than back to the original corporate wrongdoers. Throughout his legislative career, he sought to expand savings in Oregon's college savings program, and sponsored legislation to create additional options for retirement savings for Oregonians.

During his time in the Oregon House, Read served as House Majority Whip, and in 2015 he was elected Speaker Pro Tempore. He served as chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Economic Development and the House Committee on Higher Education, Innovation, and Workforce Development. He also served on the House Revenue Committee and the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, the committee of the Legislature primarily responsible for writing the state budget.

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In 2016, Read ran for Oregon State Treasurer, to succeed Ted Wheeler, who was barred by term limits from running again in 2016. He was unopposed in the primary and won the general election by a plurality in November 2016, defeating Republican Jeff Gudman, and became the state treasurer in January 2017.

Following the 2019 death Secretary of State Dennis Richardson, Read was first in the line of succession for the office of Governor until the 2020 election of Shemia Fagan. As Oregon does not have a lieutenant governor position, the Secretary of State is normally the first to succeed the governor in the event of a vacancy. However, as Richardson's successor Bev Clarno was an appointee, she was ineligible to become governor, making Read first in the line of succession.{{Cite web |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/07/some-oregon-republicans-are-having-regrets-about-effort-to-recall-gov-kate-brown.html |title=Some Oregon Republicans are having regrets about effort to recall Gov. Kate Brown |newspaper=The Oregonian|date=July 25, 2019|access-date=September 3, 2020 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801061649/https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/07/some-oregon-republicans-are-having-regrets-about-effort-to-recall-gov-kate-brown.html |url-status=live }}

Read ran for and won re-election as State Treasurer in 2020, facing Republican Jeff Gudman again in a rematch.https://www.opb.org/article/2020/11/04/tobias-read-jeff-gudman-oregon-treasurer/ This time, Read secured a decisive win, beating Gudman 51 to 41%.https://www.opb.org/article/2020/11/04/tobias-read-jeff-gudman-oregon-treasurer/ Later, Read again became first in the gubernatorial line of succession after Secretary of State Fagan resigned on May 8, 2023.{{cite news |last=Shumway |first=Julia |title=LaVonne Griffin-Valade takes over as Oregon secretary of state with pledge to rebuild trust |url=https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2023/06/30/lavonne-griffin-valade-takes-over-as-oregon-secretary-of-state-with-pledge-to-rebuild-trust/ |access-date=June 20, 2024 |work=Oregon Capital Chronicle |date=June 30, 2023 }} He remained first in the line of succession when Governor Kotek appointed Secretary LaVonne Griffin-Valade.

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In 2015, in an effort led by Read and organizations such as SEIU and AARP, the Oregon Legislature enacted legislation which created the Oregon Retirement Savings Board and tasked it with establishing a state-run retirement savings program and managing its oversight. The retirement program created was called OregonSaves.{{Cite web |url=https://www.oregon.gov/retire/Pages/Board.aspx |title=State of Oregon: OregonSaves - Oregon Retirement Savings Board |access-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216222707/https://www.oregon.gov/retire/Pages/Board.aspx |url-status=live }} In 2018, Finance industry publication Pensions & Investments and the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) honored Read and OregonSaves with the Excellence & Innovation Award. The award recognizes public and private-sector efforts to enhance retirement security.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pionline.com/article/20181022/ONLINE/181029996/9-awarded-excellence-and-innovation-awards-from-p-i |title=9 awarded Excellence and Innovation Awards from P&I |access-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216222740/https://www.pionline.com/article/20181022/ONLINE/181029996/9-awarded-excellence-and-innovation-awards-from-p-i |url-status=live }} In 2019 Read was invited to speak to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on the states innovative approach to retirement savings.{{Cite web |url=https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/challenges-in-the-retirement-system |title=Hearing | Hearings | the United States Senate Committee on Finance |access-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-date=December 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207133951/https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/challenges-in-the-retirement-system |url-status=live }}

In 2017, Read voted to sell 82,500 acres of the Elliott State Forest to a Roseburg-based timber company for $221 million. Revenues from the sale would have been added to the state's education fund.{{cite news |last1=Urness |first1=Zach |title=Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read defends vote to sell Elliott State Forest |url=https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2017/02/22/tobias-read-state-treasurer-elliott-state-forest/98273062/ |newspaper=Statesman Journal |access-date=September 27, 2021 |date=February 23, 2017 |archive-date=August 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230808210808/https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2017/02/22/tobias-read-state-treasurer-elliott-state-forest/98273062/ |url-status=live }} Following pushback from environmentalist and other Oregon Democrats, Read withdrew his support for the proposal.{{cite news |last1=Urness |first1=Zach |title=Treasurer Tobias Read now open to keeping Elliott State Forest public |url=https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2017/03/28/treasurer-tobias-read-now-open-keeping-elliott-state-forest-public/99738448/ |access-date=September 27, 2021 |newspaper=Statesman Journal |date=March 28, 2017 |archive-date=August 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230808210904/https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2017/03/28/treasurer-tobias-read-now-open-keeping-elliott-state-forest-public/99738448/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Mapes |first1=Jeff |title=Oregon Treasurer Backs Away From Move To Privatize Elliott State Forest |url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-treasurer-tobias-read-elliott-state-forest/ |access-date=September 27, 2021 |website=OPB |date=March 28, 2017 |archive-date=September 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927213514/https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-treasurer-tobias-read-elliott-state-forest/ |url-status=live }} Later in his tenure as State Treasurer, Read unveiled a proposal for the Elliott State Research Forest, an innovative solution to keep the forest in public hands and combat climate change. https://apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsroom/OR/OST/Posts/Post/treasurer-read-celebrates-signing-of-elliott-state-research-forest-legislation-54987

As Treasurer, Read oversees the Oregon College Savings Program (OCSP), which helps Oregonians save for education after high school.{{Cite web |url=https://www.oregon.gov/treasury/financial-empowerment/pages/default.aspx |title=Treasury : Financial Empowerment : State of Oregon |access-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216234044/https://www.oregon.gov/treasury/financial-empowerment/pages/default.aspx |url-status=live }}

Read worked with the Oregon State Legislature to pass the Education Savings Credit which changes the tax advantage from a deduction to a refundable credit.{{Cite web |url=https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/203843 |title=HB 2387 – Education Savings Credit |publisher=Oregon Treasury Department|access-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216234041/https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/203843 |url-status=live }} Begun in 2020, the Education Savings Credit makes it easier for low-to-moderate income families save for education after high school. Read worked with a diverse group of organizations including the Latina Network, Stand for Children, and the Oregon Student Association{{Cite web |url=https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/203949 |title=HB 2387 – Education Savings Credit |publisher=Oregon Treasury Department|access-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216235603/https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/203949 |url-status=live }} and legislators{{Cite web |url=https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/203844 |title=Committee Meeting Document |publisher=Oregon Future Caucus|access-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216235603/https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/203844 |url-status=live }} to pass the Education Savings Credit.

Early in 2024, Read announced his plan to move OPERF, Oregon's $100 billion pension plan, to carbon neutral by 2050.https://www.salemreporter.com/2024/01/15/treasurer-readies-plan-to-get-state-pension-fund-to-net-zero-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ The 97-page document built a roadmap for Oregon to move Oregon away from high-risk investments in fossil fuels, and built in an intermediate goal of achieving a 60% reduction of emissions by 2035.https://www.oregon.gov/treasury/Documents/Site-Documentation/Landing-Page-Documents/Sustainable-Investing/OST-Net-Zero-Plan.pdf The inaugural progress report was published on January 2nd, 2025.https://www.ai-cio.com/news/oregon-pension-publishes-inaugural-progress-report-on-net-zero-plan/

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On September 27, 2021, Read officially announced that he was running for governor.https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/tobias-read-oregon-governor-campaign/283-ab903643-e96c-44f7-aa91-9ff3dc362346 More than a dozen candidates contended for the Democratic nomination, including New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof and eventual winner, Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek.https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_gubernatorial_election,_2022 In February 2022, Kristof was barred from running due to residency requirements, narrowing the field of leading candidates to Read and Kotek.https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/us/kristof-oregon-governor.html While Read and Kotek shared many views, Read stressed the need to return to school once students received COVID vaccines and took a harder line on ensuring improved educational outcomes and moving homeless people off the streets and into shelters.https://www.kgw.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/straight-talk/democratic-debate-tina-kotek-tobias-read/283-44320e8f-a137-47bf-9ea3-123e3eb8c19b Ultimately, Kotek topped Read 56 to 32%, with all other candidates receiving 2% or less.https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_gubernatorial_election,_2022

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Read announced his intention to run for Secretary of State in July 2023 and officially launched his campaign on September 13.{{cite news|last=Edge|first=Sami|date=September 13, 2023|title=Oregon state Sen. James Manning, Treasurer Tobias Read running for secretary of state|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2023/09/oregon-state-sen-james-manning-treasurer-tobias-read-running-for-secretary-of-state.html|url-status=live|work=The Oregonian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916142104/https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2023/09/oregon-state-sen-james-manning-treasurer-tobias-read-running-for-secretary-of-state.html|archive-date=September 16, 2023|access-date=September 19, 2023}} He faced state senator James Manning in the Democratic primary and won with nearly 70% of the vote.https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/05/state-treasurer-tobias-read-leads-in-democratic-primary-for-oregon-secretary-of-state.html

In the general election, Read faced Republican State Senator Dennis Linthicum of Klamath Falls. Read ran a campaign centered around rebuilding trust and integrity in the Secretary of State's office, which had faced years of turmoil and changing leadership.https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/16/linthicum-paravicini-read-run-for-oregon-secretary-of-state/75590376007/ During the campaign, the Oregon Department of Transportation, which oversees the state's automatic voter registration system, announced that they had incorrectly registered more than 1,500 noncitizens to vote.https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/10/07/oregon-officials-call-for-audit-as-number-of-noncitizens-registered-to-vote-increases/ Read and Linthicum both spoke out against the error, with Read declaring that “Oregonians deserve a thorough investigation of the automatic voter registration program’s implementation, as well as accountability at both the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Secretary of State’s Office."https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/10/07/oregon-officials-call-for-audit-as-number-of-noncitizens-registered-to-vote-increases/ That November, Read won the general election with 54% to Linthicum's 42%.https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/11/state-treasurer-tobias-read-leading-in-race-to-become-oregons-next-secretary-of-state.html

During his transition into the Secretary of State's office, Secretary-Elect Read recruited Dena Dawson, the Lane County clerk, to serve as Oregon's next Elections Director, following the abrupt departure of previous director Molly Woon.https://www.opb.org/article/2024/12/23/lane-county-clerk-dena-dawson-oregon-elections-director/https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/12/18/murmurs-top-officials-depart-secretary-of-states-office/ The following spring, Secretary Read announced on social media that he had begun traveling to each county in the state to meet with their county clerks and elections officials.https://www.facebook.com/ORSOSTobiasRead/posts/our-county-clerks-and-elections-officials-are-some-of-the-hardest-working-people/1195180228830792/ He also removed a compromised state audit from the books which previous Secretary of State Shemia Fagan had issued while taking a lucrative consulting check from the audit's subject.https://www.wweek.com/news/2025/03/12/tobias-read-removes-compromised-olcc-audit-from-state-records/

Read lives in Beaverton, Oregon with his wife Heidi Eggert and their two children, Annika and Ellis.{{cite web |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/56530/tobias-read|title=Tobias Read's Biography|publisher=Vote Smart|access-date=October 1, 2024}} He has devoted much of his free time to giving back to his community, including volunteering with Start Making a Reader Today (SMART), coaching youth sports, and serving as a founding board member of Hoopla, Oregon's largest three-on-three charity basketball tournament.https://rfkhumanrights.org/person/tobias-read/ Read is an avid basketball fan and has made several appearances on sports journalist John Canzano's podcast The Bald Faced Truth.https://soundcloud.com/kxtg-the-bald-faced-truth/bft-interview-tobias-read-2

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| candidate = Jeff Gudman

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| candidate = Chris Telfer

| votes = 176,892

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| title = 2020 Oregon State Treasurer election{{cite web |title=November 3, 2020, General Election Abstract of Votes |url=https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2020.pdf |website=Oregon Secretary of State |access-date=December 3, 2020 |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204001036/https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2020.pdf |url-status=live }}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| candidate = Tobias Read (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 1,166,703

| percentage = 51.68%

| change = +7.57%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| candidate = Jeff Gudman

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 936,916

| percentage = 41.50%

| change = +0.15%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Independent Party of Oregon

| candidate = Chris Henry

| votes = 99,870

| percentage = 4.43%

| change = -4.99%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Constitution Party (United States)

| candidate = Michael Marsh

| votes = 51,894

| percentage = 2.30%

| change = N/A

}}

{{Election box write-in with party link

| votes = 2,072

| percentage = 0.09%

| change = -0.10%

}}

{{Election box total

| votes = 2,257,455

| percentage = 100.0%

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

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| title = 2024 Oregon Secretary of State election{{cite web

| title = November 5, 2024, General Election Abstract of Votes

| url = https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2024-results.pdf

| website = Oregon Secretary of State

| access-date = December 12, 2024

| archive-date = December 12, 2024

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241212212240/https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2024-results.pdf

| url-status = live }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Tobias Read

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 1,166,447

| percentage = 54.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Dennis Linthicum

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 897,704

| percentage = 41.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Nathalie Paravicini

| party = Pacific Green Party

| votes = 76,170

| percentage = 3.6}}

{{Election box write-in with party link no change

| votes = 2,011

| percentage = 0.1}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 2,142,332

| percentage = 100%}}

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• [https://www.oregon.gov/treasury/Pages/index.aspx Treasurer Tobias Read] government website
• [http://www.tobiasread.com/ Tobias Read for Secretary of State] campaign website
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080404011006/http://www.leg.state.or.us/read/ Oregon State House – Tobias Read] legislative website (archived)

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