Sam Reed is an American
politician. He is
a
Republican and
currently serves as the
Secretary of State of
Washington.
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 for several
decades. Reed is Washington's fourteenth Secretary of
State.
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.
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 district
elections.
2008 election
In November 2008 Sam Reed ran for re-election against Democrat
Jason Osgood. He easily won re-election.
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