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The 2022 Washington Secretary of State special election was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Kim Wyman, a Republican, resigned from the office on November 19, 2021, to become the senior election security lead for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the Biden administration's Department of Homeland Security. [1]
The elections for secretary of state had taken on heightened importance due to former President Donald Trump's baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Many had argued that election officials such as secretaries of state could have the power to overturn the 2024 election , should its outcome be disagreeable to the losing candidate.
Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Steve Hobbs was appointed to the position in 2021 after the resignation of Kim Wyman. He won a 2022 special election to serve out the remaining two years of Wyman's term and ran for re-election to a full term in 2024. Hobbs won the election decisively against Republican candidate Dale Whitaker. [1]
Oct. 23—As Election Day nears, Washington's secretary of state race is as close as ever. The race pits incumbent Democrat Steve Hobbs against a nonpartisan candidate, Pierce County Auditor Julie ...
Aug. 22—Cybersecurity and election fraud are top of mind in this year's race for Washington's secretary of state. On the November general election ballot, Democratic incumbent Steve Hobbs will ...
Washington was the 6th-most Democratic state in the election behind Vermont, Massachusetts, Maryland, Hawaii, and California; the latter five states voted for Harris by more than 20%. This was the first election since 1956 in which Washington voted to the left of New York (which had the largest swing to the right in this election) and Rhode Island.
Voters in Kitsap County will help narrow candidates in seven races with more than two candidates in the Aug. 2 primary. Here's what you need to know. Washington state primary election 2022: Your ...
The 2022 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Washington. Murray had won re-election to a fifth term in 2016 with 59% of the vote. [1] Because Washington has a blanket primary system, parties did not nominate their own candidates to run ...