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2024 Washington Secretary of State election

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2024 Washington Secretary of State election

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Reporting
76%
as of November 7, 9:07 PM PDT
 
Nominee Steve Hobbs Dale Whitaker
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,869,687 1,262,807
Percentage 59.6% 40.3%

County results
[citation needed]
Hobbs:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Whitaker:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Secretary of State before election

Steve Hobbs
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Steve Hobbs
Democratic

The 2024 Washington Secretary of State election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, to elect the Washington Secretary of State, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the U.S. Senate and various state and local elections, including for U.S. House and governor of Washington. Washington is one of two states that holds a top-two primary, meaning that all candidates are listed on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation, and the top two move on to the general election.

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]

Candidates

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Democratic Party

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Advanced to general

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Eliminated in primary

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  • Marquez Tiggs, graduate student and candidate for secretary of state in 2022[2]

Republican Party

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Advanced to general

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  • Dale Whitaker, tax preparer[3]

Withdrawn

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Declined

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No Labels

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Eliminated in primary

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  • Damon Townsend, election operations consultant[2]

Primary election

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Endorsements

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Steve Hobbs (D)
Newspapers
Dale Whitaker (R)

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Steve
Hobbs (D)
Marquez
Tiggs (D)
Damon
Townsend (NL)
Dale
Whitaker (R)
Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[A] July 24–25, 2024 581 (LV) ± 4.0% 23% 7% 5% 30% 35%

Results

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Blanket primary results by county
  Hobbs
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Whitaker
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Blanket primary election results[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steve Hobbs (incumbent) 930,533 48.38%
Republican Dale Whitaker 709,046 36.87%
Democratic Marquez Tiggs 185,628 9.65%
No Labels Damon Townsend 96,586 5.02%
Write-in 1,534 0.08%
Total votes 1,923,327 100.0%

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8] Safe D January 31, 2024

Debate

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2024 Washington Secretary of State debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Steve Hobbs Dale Whitaker
1 Oct. 1, 2024 League of Women Voters Mary Coltrane TVW P P

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Steve
Hobbs (D)
Dale
Whitaker (R)
Undecided
ActiVote October 3–29, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 64% 36%
Public Policy Polling (D)[A] October 16–17, 2024 571 (LV) ± 4.1% 47% 34% 19%

Results

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2024 Washington Secretary of State election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Steve Hobbs (incumbent)
Republican Dale Whitaker
Write-in
Total votes

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b Poll sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute

References

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  1. ^ Fortin, Daniel (November 5, 2024). "Steve Hobbs wins Washington U.S. Secretary of State race with 59.6% of the vote, NBC reports". NonStop Local Tri-Cities/Yakima. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "PRIMARY 2024 Candidate List". voter.votewa.gov. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Dennis, Ellen (April 23, 2024). "Washington state Republican Party endorses 6 candidates as races for statewide offices heat up". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Villenueve, Andrew (May 6, 2024). "WA Entry Week 2024: A look at entries in key races from Monday evening". The Cascadia Advocate. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  5. ^ Kaczaraba, Bill (March 13, 2024). "Is ex-Secretary of State Kim Wyman running for that office again?". MyNorthwest.com. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  6. ^ "The Stranger's Endorsements for the August, 6, 2024 Primary Election". July 31, 2024.
  7. ^ "August 6, 2024 Primary Results - Secretary of State". Office of the Secretary of State of Washington. August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
  8. ^ Jacobson, Louis (January 31, 2024). "This Year's Key Attorney General and Secretary of State Races". University of Virginia Center for Politics.