2020 United States secretary of state elections

2020 United States secretary of state elections

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7 secretary of state offices
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 26 21 Seats after 25 22 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 8,422,210 7,575,999 Percentage 51.75% 46.55% Seats up 5 2 Seats won 4 3
Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      No election

The 2020 United States secretary of state elections were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the secretaries of state in seven states. These elections took place concurrently with several other federal, state, and local elections.

The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2016. The secretary of state of Vermont serves two-year terms and was last elected in 2018.

Going into the election, there were 26 Republican secretaries of state and 21 Democratic secretaries of state. 5 Republican secretaries of state were up for election, of whom Corey Stapleton of Montana and Bev Clarno of Oregon are retiring. 2 Democratic secretaries of state were up for election, both seeking re-election.