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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

AL: Nancy Worley
AK: Loren Leman*
AR: Charlie Daniels
AZ: Jan Brewer
CA: Bruce McPherson
CO: Gigi Dennis
CT: Susan Bysiewicz
DE: Harriett Smith Windsor
FL: Sue M. Cobb
GA: Cathy Cox

HI: James Aiona*
ID: Ben Ysursa
IL: Jesse White
IN: Todd Rokita
IA: Chet Culver
KS: Ron Thornburgh
KY: Trey Grayson
LA: Al Ater
MD: Mary Kane
MA: William Galvin

ME: Matthew Dunlap
MI: Teri Lynn Land
MN: Mary Kiffmeyer
MS: Eric Clark
MO: Robin Carnahan
MT: Brad Johnson
NE: John Gale
NV: Dean Heller
NH: Bill Gardner
NJ: Nina Mitchell Wells

NM: Rebecca Vigil-Giron
NY: Christopher Jacobs
NC: Elaine Marshall
ND: Al Jaeger
OH: Ken Blackwell
OK: M. Susan Savage
OR: Bill Bradbury
PA: Pedro Cortes
RI: Matt Brown
SC: Mark Hammond

SD: Chris Nelson
TN: Riley Darnell
TX: Roger Williams
UT: Gary R. Herbert*
VT: Deb Markowitz
VA: Katherine Hanley
WA: Sam Reed
WV: Betty Ireland
WI: Doug LaFollette
WY: Joe Meyer

*Lt. Governor performing the typical functions of a Secretary of State
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