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Jeff Gudman
Jeff Gudman (Democratic Party) ran for election for Oregon Treasurer. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 21, 2024.
Biography
After earning his MBA from the Wharton School of Business, Gudman served in a number of positions in the private sector. First, he worked as a financial analyst for Hyster Company. After that, he was the controller for Magnetech. Then he was the treasurer for Biogas and Oregon Natural Gas for nearly a decade. Since 1994, Gudman has worked as an investor.[1][2]
Education
- B.A. in economics, Pomona College (1976)
- MBA in finance and management, Wharton School of Business (1979)[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Oregon Treasurer election, 2024
General election
General election for Oregon Treasurer
Elizabeth Steiner Hayward defeated Brian Boquist and Mary King in the general election for Oregon Treasurer on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Elizabeth Steiner Hayward (D) | 49.4 | 1,050,119 |
 | Brian Boquist (R / Constitution Party) | 43.2 | 919,794 | |
 | Mary King (Pacific Green Party / Working Families Party)  | 7.3 | 155,473 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,882 | ||
| Total votes: 2,127,268 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon Treasurer
Elizabeth Steiner Hayward defeated Jeff Gudman in the Democratic primary for Oregon Treasurer on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elizabeth Steiner Hayward | 78.5 | 335,079 |
 | Jeff Gudman | 21.0 | 89,459 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 2,418 | ||
| Total votes: 426,956 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brett Baker (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon Treasurer
Brian Boquist advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon Treasurer on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brian Boquist | 98.9 | 251,064 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 2,914 | ||
| Total votes: 253,978 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gudman in this election.
2020
See also: Oregon Treasurer election, 2020
General election
General election for Oregon Treasurer
Incumbent Tobias Read defeated Jeff Gudman, Chris Henry, and Michael P. Marsh in the general election for Oregon Treasurer on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tobias Read (D / Working Families Party) | 51.7 | 1,166,703 |
| Jeff Gudman (R) | 41.5 | 936,916 | |
 | Chris Henry (Pacific Green Party / Progressive Party / Independent) | 4.4 | 99,870 | |
 | Michael P. Marsh (Constitution Party) | 2.3 | 51,894 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2,072 | ||
| Total votes: 2,257,455 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon Treasurer
Incumbent Tobias Read advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon Treasurer on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tobias Read | 98.7 | 464,429 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 5,956 | ||
| Total votes: 470,385 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon Treasurer
Jeff Gudman advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon Treasurer on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Gudman | 99.0 | 305,589 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 3,223 | ||
| Total votes: 308,812 | |||
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Pacific Green Party convention
Pacific Green Party convention for Oregon Treasurer
Chris Henry advanced from the Pacific Green Party convention for Oregon Treasurer on June 6, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Henry (Pacific Green Party) |
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2016
- Main article: Oregon Treasurer election, 2016
Gudman was the only Republican candidate who filed to run for Oregon Treasurer in the 2016 elections. He competed with Democrat Tobias Read, Independent Chris Telfer, and Progressive/Pacific Green Party of Oregon candidate Chris Henry in the November general election.[1]
Tobias Read defeated Jeff Gudman, Chris Telfer, and Chris Henry in the Oregon treasurer election.[3]
| Oregon Treasurer, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Tobias Read |
43.97% | 808,998 | |
| Republican | Jeff Gudman | 41.67% | 766,680 | |
| Independent Party of Oregon | Chris Telfer | 9.45% | 173,878 | |
| Pacific Green Party of Oregon | Chris Henry | 4.92% | 90,507 | |
| Total Votes | 1,840,063 | |||
| Source: Oregon Secretary of State | ||||
Jeff Gudman ran unopposed in the Republican primary for treasurer.
| Republican primary for treasurer, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Jeff Gudman (unopposed) |
98.59% | 217,445 |
| Write-in votes | 1.41% | 3,112 |
| Total Votes | 220,557 | |
| Source: [1] | ||
Endorsements
| Key endorsements | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobias Read (D) | Jeff Gudman (R) | ||||||||
| Oregon AFL-CIO | Kent Studebaker, Mayor of Lake Oswego | ||||||||
| Oregon Education Association | Andy Duyk, Washington County Chair | ||||||||
| House Majority Leader Jennifer Williamson (D) | John Cook, Mayor of Tigard | ||||||||
| Former Governor Barbara Roberts (D) | Dan Holladay, Mayor of Oregon City | ||||||||
| U.S. Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D) | |||||||||
| Speaker of the House Tina Kotek (D) | |||||||||
| NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon PAC | |||||||||
| United Food & Commercial Workers International Union | |||||||||
| What is a key endorsement? | |||||||||
Campaign finance
| Jeff Gudman campaign finance 2016 |
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jeff Gudman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Gudman’s campaign website stated the following:
| “ |
Sensibility: During my time on the Lake Oswego City Council, I was known as a staunch budget hawk. With my fiscal leadership, we were able to fund our priorities without raising anyone’s taxes. We dramatically reduced our unfunded liability for road maintenance, rebuilt our operations and maintenance center, and rebuilt city hall and the police station – all without asking for an extra dime from our residents. This is the kind of leadership we need at the state level. Instead of simply adding programs and bureaucracy without regard to cost, we must ask ourselves, “If we want to fund something new, what can we live without?” Funding priorities, not pet projects: Oregon can do more with the revenue that we already have – without raising anyone’s taxes. How we manage our finances determines what we can afford: roads, schools, bridges – even PERS. As an experienced treasurer and analyst, I can offer reliable management of our state’s finances to help put our state back on strong financial footing. I have been Treasurer of the Legacy Emanuel Hospital Foundation, USA Olympic Swimming, and two subsidiaries of Northwest Natural Gas. I’ve also worked as an analyst and investor for more than thirty years. I have the experience to make educated and wise decisions – and when need be – the fortitude to make tough choices. Saving money through modernization: Our PERS system is unnecessarily complicated to administer. We can trim the administrative costs to make the program more affordable while keeping our obligations to state retirees. Moving audit functions, pulling back the curtain: We need to move audit functions of the treasurer’s office to the Oregon Investment Council – for both independence and objectivity, as well as cost savings from the current model of using outside consultants. We also need to regain the public’s trust by restoring the treasurer’s website to give citizens access to information that has been concealed since the current treasurer took office.[4] |
” |
| —Jeff Gudman’s campaign website (2024)[5] | ||
2020
Jeff Gudman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Gudman's campaign website pointed to his diverse financial management experience as qualification for the office of treasurer, which he stated includes his service on the boards of several nonprofits and governmental advisory committees.[6]
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search Results," accessed March 11, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.jeffgudman.org/Jeff-Gudman--about Jeff Gudman for Treasurer, "About Jeff," accessed March 11, 2016]
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "November 8, 2016, General Election Abstract of Votes," accessed May 25, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jeff Gudman’s campaign website, “Platform,” accessed April 24, 2024
- ↑ Jeff Gudman, "About Jeff Gudman," accessed May 10, 2016
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