Dave Stauffer
Dave Stauffer (Democratic Party) ran for election for Oregon Secretary of State. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 21, 2024.
Biography
According to paperwork filed with the office of the Oregon Secretary of State, Stauffer's career experience includes working as an environmental engineer.
Prior to his work as an engineer, Stauffer worked as a securities analyst for the Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities. He has also worked as an adjunct professor at a number of colleges and universities in Oregon, including the University of Portland and the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College.[1] Stauffer is a retired attorney.[2]
Education
- B.A. in sociology and political science, University of Chicago
- MBA in business and accounting, University of Portland
- J.D., Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Oregon Secretary of State election, 2024
General election
General election for Oregon Secretary of State
Tobias Read defeated Dennis Linthicum and Nathalie Paravicini in the general election for Oregon Secretary of State on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tobias Read (D / Working Families Party / Independent Party) | 54.4 | 1,166,447 | |
| Dennis Linthicum (R / Constitution Party) | 41.9 | 897,704 | ||
| Nathalie Paravicini (Pacific Green Party / Progressive Party) | 3.6 | 76,170 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2,011 | ||
| Total votes: 2,142,332 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon Secretary of State
Tobias Read defeated James Manning, Jim Crary, Paul Damian Wells, and Dave Stauffer in the Democratic primary for Oregon Secretary of State on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tobias Read | 69.4 | 303,089 | |
| James Manning | 22.3 | 97,427 | ||
| Jim Crary | 3.7 | 16,340 | ||
| Paul Damian Wells | 2.2 | 9,425 | ||
| Dave Stauffer | 1.8 | 7,921 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 2,515 | ||
| Total votes: 436,717 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon Secretary of State
Dennis Linthicum defeated Brent Barker and Tim McCloud in the Republican primary for Oregon Secretary of State on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dennis Linthicum | 66.0 | 199,243 | |
| Brent Barker | 20.2 | 61,011 | ||
| Tim McCloud | 13.0 | 39,109 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 2,560 | ||
| Total votes: 301,923 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Stauffer in this election.
2022
See also: Oregon gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of Oregon
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Oregon on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tina Kotek (D / Working Families Party) | 47.0 | 917,074 | |
| Christine Drazan (R) | 43.5 | 850,347 | ||
| Betsy Johnson (Independent) | 8.6 | 168,431 | ||
| Donice Smith (Constitution Party) | 0.4 | 8,051 | ||
| R. Leon Noble (L) | 0.4 | 6,867 | ||
| Paul Romero (Constitution Party of Oregon) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2,113 | ||
| Total votes: 1,952,883 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nathalie Paravicini (Pacific Green Party / Progressive Party)
- Tom Cox (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tina Kotek | 56.0 | 275,301 | |
| Tobias Read | 31.7 | 156,017 | ||
| Patrick Starnes | 2.1 | 10,524 | ||
| George Carrillo | 1.9 | 9,365 | ||
| Michael Trimble | 1.0 | 5,000 | ||
| John Sweeney | 0.9 | 4,193 | ||
| Julian Bell | 0.8 | 3,926 | ||
| Wilson Bright | 0.5 | 2,316 | ||
| Dave Stauffer | 0.5 | 2,302 | ||
| Ifeanyichukwu Diru | 0.4 | 1,780 | ||
| Keisha Merchant | 0.4 | 1,755 | ||
| Genevieve Wilson | 0.3 | 1,588 | ||
| Michael Cross | 0.3 | 1,342 | ||
| David Beem | 0.3 | 1,308 | ||
| Peter Hall | 0.2 | 982 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.8 | 13,746 | ||
| Total votes: 491,445 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Peter Winter (D)
- Casey Kulla (D)
- Nicholas Kristof (D)
- Dave Lavinsky (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Oregon
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Oregon on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Christine Drazan | 22.5 | 85,255 | |
| Bob Tiernan | 17.5 | 66,089 | ||
| Stan Pulliam | 10.9 | 41,123 | ||
| Bridget Barton | 10.8 | 40,886 | ||
| Bud Pierce | 8.7 | 32,965 | ||
| Marc Thielman | 7.9 | 30,076 | ||
| Kerry McQuisten | 7.6 | 28,727 | ||
| Bill Sizemore | 3.5 | 13,261 | ||
| Jessica Gomez | 2.6 | 9,970 | ||
| Tim McCloud | 1.2 | 4,400 | ||
| Nick Hess | 1.1 | 4,287 | ||
| Court Boice | 1.1 | 4,040 | ||
| Brandon Merritt | 1.0 | 3,615 | ||
| Reed Christensen | 0.8 | 3,082 | ||
| Amber Richardson | 0.5 | 1,924 | ||
| Raymond Baldwin | 0.1 | 459 | ||
| David Burch | 0.1 | 406 | ||
| John Presco | 0.0 | 174 | ||
| Stefan Strek | 0.0 | 171 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.0 | 7,407 | ||
| Total votes: 378,317 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Darin Harbick (R)
- John Fosdick III (R)
- Jim Huggins (R)
2020
See also: Oregon Secretary of State election, 2020
Oregon Secretary of State election, 2020 (May 19 Democratic primary)
Oregon Secretary of State election, 2020 (May 19 Republican primary)
General election
General election for Oregon Secretary of State
Shemia Fagan defeated Kim Thatcher, Nathalie Paravicini, and Kyle Markley in the general election for Oregon Secretary of State on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Shemia Fagan (D / Working Families Party) | 50.3 | 1,146,370 | |
| Kim Thatcher (R / Independent) | 43.2 | 984,597 | ||
| Nathalie Paravicini (Pacific Green Party / Progressive Party) | 3.6 | 82,211 | ||
| Kyle Markley (L) | 2.8 | 62,985 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2,340 | ||
| Total votes: 2,278,503 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon Secretary of State
Shemia Fagan defeated Mark Hass and Jamie McLeod-Skinner in the Democratic primary for Oregon Secretary of State on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Shemia Fagan | 36.2 | 209,682 | |
| Mark Hass | 35.5 | 205,230 | ||
| Jamie McLeod-Skinner | 27.5 | 159,430 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 4,395 | ||
| Total votes: 578,737 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jennifer Williamson (D)
- Cameron Smith (D)
- Ryan Wruck (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon Secretary of State
Kim Thatcher defeated Dave Stauffer in the Republican primary for Oregon Secretary of State on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kim Thatcher | 85.6 | 312,296 | |
| Dave Stauffer | 13.4 | 48,839 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 3,625 | ||
| Total votes: 364,760 | ||||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Oregon Secretary of State
Kyle Markley advanced from the Libertarian convention for Oregon Secretary of State on July 6, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Kyle Markley (L) | |
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Pacific Green Party convention
Pacific Green Party convention for Oregon Secretary of State
Nathalie Paravicini advanced from the Pacific Green Party convention for Oregon Secretary of State on June 6, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Nathalie Paravicini (Pacific Green Party) | |
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2018
- See also: Oregon gubernatorial election, 2018
General election
General election for Governor of Oregon
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Oregon on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kate Brown (D) | 50.1 | 934,498 | |
| Knute Buehler (R) | 43.7 | 814,988 | ||
| Patrick Starnes (Independent Party of Oregon) | 2.9 | 53,392 | ||
| Nick Chen (L) | 1.5 | 28,927 | ||
| Aaron Auer (Constitution Party) | 1.1 | 21,145 | ||
| Chris Henry (Progressive Party) | 0.6 | 11,013 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 3,034 | ||
| Total votes: 1,866,997 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Alex DiBlasi (G)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon
Incumbent Kate Brown defeated Ed Jones and Candace Neville in the Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kate Brown | 83.8 | 324,451 | |
| Ed Jones | 8.6 | 33,464 | ||
| Candace Neville | 7.5 | 29,110 | ||
| Total votes: 387,025 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Oregon
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Oregon on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Knute Buehler | 46.1 | 144,103 | |
| Sam Carpenter | 29.0 | 90,572 | ||
| Greg Wooldridge | 20.2 | 63,049 | ||
| Bruce Cuff | 1.6 | 4,857 | ||
| Jeff Smith | 1.5 | 4,691 | ||
| Dave Stauffer | 0.7 | 2,096 | ||
| Jonathan Edwards | 0.3 | 861 | ||
| Keenan Bohach | 0.3 | 787 | ||
| Brett Hyland | 0.2 | 755 | ||
| Jack Tacy | 0.2 | 512 | ||
| Total votes: 312,283 | ||||
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Independent Party of Oregon primary election
Independent Party of Oregon primary for Governor of Oregon
Patrick Starnes defeated Skye Allen and Dan Pistoresi in the Independent Party of Oregon primary for Governor of Oregon on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Patrick Starnes | 58.7 | 6,030 | |
| Skye Allen | 23.4 | 2,405 | ||
| Dan Pistoresi | 18.0 | 1,846 | ||
| Total votes: 10,281 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Shawn Liebling (Independent Party of Oregon)
Independent Party of Oregon primary election
Patrick Starnes defeated Skye Allen and Dan Pistoresi in the Independent Party of Oregon primary for governor of Oregon.[3][4]
| Oregon Independent Party of Oregon Gubernatorial Primary, 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Patrick Starnes |
25.36% | 6,030 |
| Skye Allen | 10.11% | 2,405 |
| Dan Pistoresi | 7.76% | 1,846 |
| Write-in votes | 56.76% | 13,497 |
| Total Votes | 23,778 | |
| Source: Oregon Secretary of State, "May 15, 2018, Primary Election Abstract of Votes," accessed July 26, 2018 | ||
2016
Stauffer ran for governor of Oregon in the 2016 special election to complete the term of Governor John Kitzhaber (D), who resigned in February 2015 and was replaced by Kate Brown (D). In addition to Brown and Stauffer, four other candidates filed to run in the Democratic primary in 2016.[1][5]
Results
Primary results
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for governor.
| Democratic primary for governor, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Kate Brown Incumbent |
83.96% | 403,730 |
| Julian Bell | 7.04% | 33,872 |
| Dave Stauffer | 2.83% | 13,624 |
| Steve Johnson | 2.36% | 11,366 |
| Kevin M. Forsythe | 1.79% | 8,599 |
| Chet Chance | 0.95% | 4,584 |
| Write-in votes | 1.06% | 5,077 |
| Total Votes | 480,852 | |
| Source: http://oregonvotes.gov/results/2016P/1314035914.html | ||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dave Stauffer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Dave Stauffer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Dave Stauffer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Stauffer's campaign Facebook page states he is "[w]orking to secure water resources for Eastern and Southern Oregon."[6]
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search Results," accessed February 1, 2016
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia by the candidate on September 22, 2022
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search Results," accessed March 7, 2018
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "May 15, 2018, Primary Election Abstract of Votes," accessed July 26, 2018
- ↑ The Oregonian, "Live updates: Kate Brown becomes Oregon governor," February 18, 2015
- ↑ Dave Stauffer for Governor, accessed April 18, 2016
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