2012 Oregon Secretary of State election

2012 Oregon Secretary of State election

November 6, 2012
 
Nominee Kate Brown Knute Buehler
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 863,656 727,607
Percentage 51.2% 43.2%

Brown:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Buehler:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Secretary of State before election

Kate Brown
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Kate Brown
Democratic

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.