And now the Beaverton Democrat is the state’s chief auditor and chief ... from the political scandal that ended former Secretary Shemia Fagan’s career two years ago and years of threats ...

Outgoing Secretary of State Lavonne Griffin-Valade was appointed in 2023 after Shemia Fagan resigned amidst an ethics scandal. If Read completes his full term, he will be the first to do so since ...

He’s inheriting an office that has seen significant turnover — Oregon has had six secretaries of state and two acting secretaries during the past decade — and is still reeling from the political ...

Read served his first term as State Treasurer in 2016. Before that, he was a state representative. He takes over for Secretary of State Lavonne Griffin-Valade who was appointed by Governor Kotek to ...

If the legislature fails to establish a redistricting plan for state legislative districts ... The candidate filing deadline was March 8, 2016. Incumbent Shemia Fagan (D) did not seek re-election.

But on Jan. 6, 2022, Shemia Fagan, Oregon’s secretary of state, announced that he was ineligible to run because he did not meet the state’s residency requirements. He does not have any future ...

The Trump administration ousted Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan, who is the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S.

Aghogho Edevbie announced Monday he would seek to replace Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson when her second term expires at ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for ...

Former U.S. senator from Florida Marco Rubio jumps into new role as secretary of state with flurry of phone calls, planned ...