1996 Washington Secretary of State election

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Washington secretary of state election, 1996
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  1992 November 5, 1996 2000  
  Ralph Munro.jpg Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney 01.jpg
Nominee Ralph Munro Phyllis Gutiérrez Kenney
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,223,769838,632
Percentage57.3%39.3%

Secretary of State before election

Ralph Munro
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Ralph Munro
Republican

The Washington secretary of state election, 1996, took place on November 5, 1996. Incumbent secretary of state Ralph Munro was re-elected.

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Primary election

The primary election took place in September, with Republican incumbent Ralph Munro running unopposed. Natural Law candidate Gary Gill and Democratic candidate Phyllis Gutiérrez Kenney were also uncontested for their parties nominations.

General election

In the general election, Munro coasted to victory over Kenney and Gill.

Kenney, at the time of the election, was serving as a member of the board of trustees of the Seattle community college district. Owing to the relative efficiency of her campaign against the long-serving and affable incumbent Munro (described by the Associated Press at the time as "possibly the GOP's most popular officeholder" in Washington [1] ), governor Mike Lowry appointed Kenney to a vacant seat in the Washington House of Representatives following her defeat. [2]

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References

  1. Ammons, David (November 1, 1996). "Secretary of State campaign challenger finds campaign tough sledding". Moscow-Pullman Daily News .
  2. "Kenney, Phyllis Gutierrez (b. 1936)". historylink.org. HistoryLink. Retrieved May 15, 2014.