2024 Washington Secretary of State election

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2024 Washington Secretary of State election
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  2022 (special) November 5, 20242028 
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Nominee Steve Hobbs Dale Whitaker
Party Democratic Republican

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County results

Incumbent Secretary of State

Steve Hobbs
Democratic



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.

Contents

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.

Candidates

Democratic Party

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

  • Marquez Tiggs, graduate student and candidate for secretary of state in 2022 [1]

Republican Party

Advanced to general

  • Dale Whitaker, tax preparer [2]

Withdrawn

Declined

No Labels

Eliminated in primary

  • Damon Townsend, election operations consultant [1]

Primary election

Endorsements

Steve Hobbs (D)
Newspapers
Dale Whitaker (R)

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Steve
Hobbs (D)
Marquez
Tiggs (D)
Damon
Townsend (NL)
Dale
Whitaker (R)
Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) [upper-alpha 1] July 24–25, 2024581 (LV)± 4.0%23%7%5%30%35%

Results

Blanket primary results by county
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Hobbs
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Whitaker
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80% 2024 Washington Secretary of State election primary.svg
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 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Steve Hobbs (incumbent) 930,533 48.38%
Republican Dale Whitaker 709,046 36.87%
Democratic Marquez Tiggs185,6289.65%
No Labels Damon Townsend96,5865.02%
Write-in 1,5340.08%
Total votes1,923,327 100.0%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Safe DJanuary 31, 2024

Debate

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 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn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

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Steve
Hobbs (D)
Dale
Whitaker (R)
Undecided
ActiVote October 3–29, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%64%36%
Public Policy Polling (D) [upper-alpha 1] October 16–17, 2024571 (LV)± 4.1%47%34%19%

Results

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

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. 1 2 Poll sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute

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