Allen Alley
Allen Alley (b. August 3, 1954) is an Oregon businessman and was a Republican candidate for Oregon governor in 2016. He lost to Bud Pierce in the Republican primary on May 17, 2016. In 2010, he was second place in a crowded ten-way Republican primary for governor, losing to Chris Dudley. He was also the Republican nominee for Oregon Treasurer in 2008.[1]
Biography
Alley is a managing member of the Alley Group and the executive chairman of Indice Semiconductor. Prior to that, he served as CEO and chairman of the board at Pixelworks. Alley also served as the deputy chief of staff to the governor of Oregon.[1]
Alley has run for office in Oregon a number of times. He was the Republican candidate for State Treasurer in 2008, losing to Ben Westlund. Alley was endorsed by most of the major statewide newspapers and his campaign was considered to have made significant inroads for Republicans in the heavily Democrat-leaning state. He then ran for the Republican nomination in the 2010 Oregon Gubernatorial election, but lost in the primary to Chris Dudley by a margin of 39.11% to 31.76%.
Alley considered another run for Oregon Governor in the 2014 elections but did not run.[2]
Education
- B.S. in mechanical engineering with a minor in business, Purdue University[1]
Elections
2016
Alley 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). He was one of five Republicans who filed to run against Gov. Brown.[1][3]
Results
Bud Pierce defeated Allen Alley, Bruce Cuff, Bob Niemeyer and Bob Forthan defeated in the Republican primary for governor.
| Republican primary for governor, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Bud Pierce |
47.03% | 143,387 |
| Allen Alley | 29.25% | 89,180 |
| Bruce Cuff | 11.55% | 35,201 |
| Bob Niemeyer | 10.15% | 30,933 |
| Bob Forthan | 1.23% | 3,756 |
| Write-in votes | 0.8% | 2,435 |
| Total Votes | 304,892 | |
| Source: http://oregonvotes.gov/results/2016P/1314035914.html | ||
2014
- See also: Oregon gubernatorial election, 2014
Alley was a potential candidate for election as Oregon Governor in 2014 but did not run.[2]
2010
| 2010 Race for Governor - Republican Primary[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| Alvin Alley (R) | 31.76% | |||
| Clark S. Colvin (R) | 0.38% | |||
| William Ames Curtwright (R) | 3.98% | |||
 Chris Dudley (R)
|
39.11% | |||
| Bob Forthan (R) | 0.23% | |||
| Darren Kerr (R) | 0.36% | |||
| John Lim (R) | 15.07% | |||
| William L. Sizemore (R) | 7.49% | |||
| Rex O. Watkins (R) | 0.97% | |||
| (write-in) | 0.64% | |||
| Total votes | 314,087 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Ben Westlund won election to the office of Oregon Treasurer. He defeated Allen Alley (R) and Michael Marsh (C) in the general election.
| Oregon Treasurer, 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Ben Westlund |
51.1% | 847,590 | |
| Republican | Allen Alley | 45.3% | 750,484 | |
| Constitution | Michael Marsh | 3.4% | 56,581 | |
| Misc. | Various | 0.2% | 3,529 | |
| Total Votes | 1,658,184 | |||
| Election results via Oregon Secretary of State. | ||||
Campaign themes
2016
On his campaign website, Alley summarized his campaign with the following:
| “ | The political class in Salem has let us down. Spending is up 63%, but our schools still have among the worst graduation rates in America. The answer isn’t a job-killing hidden sales tax. Let’s put the people of Oregon ahead of the lobbyists and special interests.[5][6] | ” |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Allen + Alley + Oregon + Governor"
See also
External Links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search Results," accessed March 9, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Oregon Live, "Allen Alley considering run for Oregon governor, John Kitzhaber hits the road," July 31, 2013
- ↑ The Oregonian, "Live updates: Kate Brown becomes Oregon governor," February 18, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "May 18, 2010 Primary Election Abstract of Votes," accessed July 19, 2010
- ↑ Allen Alley for Governor, "Homepage," accessed March 9, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
