Sam Reed
Sam Reed is the Secretary of State of Washington and a Republican. Reed is Washington's fourteenth Secretary of State.
Reed received his bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from Washington State University. He was elected to the office of Secretary of State in 2000, as one of only two Republicans to be elected to statewide office that year, after serving as Thurston County auditor.
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[edit] 2004 election
In 2004 Reed was re-elected by a relatively comfortable margin of about 6 percent. His opponents were Laura Ruderman, a state legislator, and Jacqueline Passey, a college student.
| Sam Reed | Republican | 1,369,421 | 51.47% | |
| Laura Ruderman | Democrat | 1,209,299 | 45.45% | |
| Jacqueline Passey | Libertarian | 82,097 | 3.09% |
As Secretary of State, Sam Reed oversaw the controversial 2004 Washington gubernatorial election between Dino Rossi and Christine Gregoire. He also advocated for, and oversaw the introduction of, Washington's nonpartisan blanket primary voting system for statewide and state legislative district elections.
[edit] 2008 election
In November 2008 Sam Reed ran for re-election against Democrat Jason Osgood and won with more than 58 percent of the vote statewide.
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| Preceded by Ralph Munro |
Secretary of State of Washington 2000–Present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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