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The 2024 Washington Secretary of State election will be held on 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 is running for re-election to a full term in 2024.
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | Steve Hobbs (D) | Marquez Tiggs (D) | Damon Townsend (NL) | Dale Whitaker (R) | Undecided |
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Public Policy Polling (D) [upper-alpha 1] | July 24–25, 2024 | 581 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 23% | 7% | 5% | 30% | 35% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] | Safe D | January 31, 2024 |
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Republican |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||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 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | Steve Hobbs (D) | Dale Whitaker (R) | Undecided |
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ActiVote | October 3–29, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 64% | 36% | – |
Public Policy Polling (D) [upper-alpha 1] | October 16–17, 2024 | 571 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 47% | 34% | 19% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Steve Hobbs (incumbent) | ||||
Republican | Dale Whitaker | ||||
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