Sam Reed is an American politician. He is a Republican and currently serves as the Secretary of State for 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. 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. The results were:
| Sam Reed | Republican | 1,369,421 | 51.47% | |
| Laura Ruderman | Democrat | 1,209,299 | 45.45% | |
| Jacqueline Passey | Libertarian | 82,097 | 3.09% |
As Secretary of State, Sam Reed oversaw the controversial 2004 Washington gubernatorial election between Dino Rossi and Christine Gregoire.
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| State Secretaries of State in the United States | ||||
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AL: Beth Chapman |
HI: No such office |
ME: Matthew Dunlap |
NM: Mary Herrera |
SD: Chris Nelson |
| *In states without a Secretary of State, the Lt. Governor may perform some of the typical functions of a Secretary of State, but the offices are not the same as the Lieutenant Governor of Utah holds many statutory responsibilities that other Lt. Gov's do not. | ||||
