2024 Washington Secretary of State election

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2024 Washington Secretary of State election
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Nominee Steve Hobbs Dale Whitaker
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,234,4201,535,977
Percentage59.20%40.70%
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2024 Washington SOS by congressional district.svg
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Hobbs:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Whitaker:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%     No votes
Secretary of State before election

Steve Hobbs
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Steve Hobbs
Democratic

The 2024 Washington Secretary of State election was held on Tuesday, 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.

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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 ran for re-election to a full term in 2024. Hobbs won the election decisively against Republican candidate Dale Whitaker. [1]

Candidates

Democratic Party

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

  • Marquez Tiggs, graduate student and candidate for secretary of state in 2022 [2]

Republican Party

Advanced to general

  • Dale Whitaker, tax preparer [3]

Withdrawn

Declined

No Labels

Eliminated in primary

  • Damon Townsend, election operations consultant [2]

Primary election

Endorsements

Steve Hobbs (D)

Newspapers

Dale Whitaker (R)

Political parties

Polling

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

Results

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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 [8]
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 [9] 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 [a] 		Margin
of error		Steve
Hobbs (D)		Dale
Whitaker (R)		Undecided
ActiVote [10] October 3–29, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%64%36%–
Public Policy Polling (D) [11] [A] October 16–17, 2024571 (LV)± 4.1%47%34%19%

Results

2024 Washington Secretary of State election [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Steve Hobbs (incumbent) 2,234,420 59.20% +9.43%
Republican Dale Whitaker1,535,97740.70%N/A
Write-in 3,9580.10%–4.30%
Total votes3,774,355 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

By county

County results
County [13] Steve Hobbs

Democratic

Dale Whitaker

Republican

Write-in

Various

MarginTotal votes
#%#%#%#%
Adams 1,41927.46%3,74072.38%80.15%-2,321-44.92%5,167
Asotin 4,04436.67%6,96563.16%190.17%-2,921-26.49%11,028
Benton 37,96339.04%59,19460.87%830.09%-21,231-21.83%97,240
Chelan 18,16344.88%22,26455.01%470.12%-4,101-10.13%40,474
Clallam 25,35654.00%21,56445.92%390.08%3,7928.08%46,959
Clark 142,97654.16%120,64745.70%3590.14%22,3298.46%263,982
Columbia 65827.58%1,72372.21%50.21%-1,065-44.64%2,386
Cowlitz 23,20140.47%34,06859.43%590.10%-10,867-18.96%57,328
Douglas 7,51236.73%12,91463.15%250.12%-5,402-26.41%20,451
Ferry 1,28832.19%2,71267.78%10.02%-1,424-35.59%4,001
Franklin 12,29039.68%18,66160.25%230.07%-6,371-20.57%30,974
Garfield 32624.68%99475.25%10.08%-668-50.57%1,321
Grant 10,74730.73%24,20269.21%180.05%-13,455-38.48%34,967
Grays Harbor 17,30247.46%19,11352.43%380.10%-1,811-4.97%36,453
Island 29,10857.31%21,62042.56%660.13%7,48814.74%50,794
Jefferson 17,58572.71%6,58327.22%170.07%11,00245.49%24,185
King 823,26575.83%261,34324.07%1,1350.10%561,92251.75%1,085,743
Kitsap 91,40660.29%60,04539.61%1570.10%31,36120.69%151,608
Kittitas 10,59841.69%14,80558.23%200.08%-4,207-16.55%25,423
Klickitat 5,91445.13%7,18154.80%100.08%-1,267-9.67%13,105
Lewis 14,53333.21%29,18966.70%400.09%-14,656-33.49%43,762
Lincoln 1,62523.35%5,32276.49%110.16%-3,697-53.13%6,958
Mason 17,06748.16%18,31151.67%570.16%-1,244-3.51%35,435
Okanogan 8,52942.51%11,51857.41%150.07%-2,989-14.90%20,062
Pacific 6,81349.51%6,93450.39%140.10%-121-0.88%13,761
Pend Oreille 2,53330.53%5,75469.34%110.13%-3,221-38.82%8,298
Pierce 234,81955.49%187,90544.41%4250.10%46,91411.09%423,149
San Juan 9,36275.43%3,03524.45%150.12%6,32750.97%12,412
Skagit 36,59554.30%30,74345.62%570.08%5,8528.68%67,395
Skamania 3,18745.17%3,86054.71%80.11%-673-9.54%7,055
Snohomish 238,67559.86%159,69040.05%3850.10%78,98519.81%398,750
Spokane 129,93346.99%146,28352.90%2970.11%-16,350-5.91%276,513
Stevens 7,51927.27%20,02272.62%290.11%-12,503-45.35%27,570
Thurston 97,12561.01%61,90438.89%1660.10%35,22122.12%159,195
Wahkiakum 1,19540.66%1,74259.27%20.07%-547-18.61%2,939
Walla Walla 12,99945.31%15,68254.66%100.03%-2,683-9.35%28,691
Whatcom 83,08262.34%50,09037.59%990.07%32,99224.76%133,271
Whitman 10,30253.25%9,02846.66%180.09%1,2746.58%19,348
Yakima 37,40643.39%48,62756.41%1690.20%-11,221-13.02%86,202
Totals2,234,42059.20%1,535,97740.70%3,9580.10%698,44318.50%3,774,355

By congressional district

Hobbs won seven of ten congressional districts, with the remaining three going to Whitaker, including one that elected a Democrat. [14]

DistrictHobbsWhitakerRepresentative
1st 64%36% Suzan DelBene
2nd 62%38% Rick Larsen
3rd 49%51% Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
4th 40%60% Dan Newhouse
5th 44%56% Cathy McMorris Rodgers (118th Congress)
Michael Baumgartner (119th Congress)
6th 60%40% Derek Kilmer (118th Congress)
Emily Randall (119th Congress)
7th 88%12% Pramila Jayapal
8th 52%48% Kim Schrier
9th 71%29% Adam Smith
10th 59%40% Marilyn Strickland

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

References

  1. ↑ Fortin, Daniel (November 5, 2024). "Steve Hobbs wins Washington U.S. Secretary of State race with 59.6% of the vote, NBC reports". NonStop Local Tri-Cities/Yakima. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "PRIMARY 2024 Candidate List". voter.votewa.gov. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Dennis, Ellen (April 23, 2024). "Washington state Republican Party endorses 6 candidates as races for statewide offices heat up". The Spokesman-Review . Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Villenueve, Andrew (May 6, 2024). "WA Entry Week 2024: A look at entries in key races from Monday evening". The Cascadia Advocate . Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  5. ↑ Kaczaraba, Bill (March 13, 2024). "Is ex-Secretary of State Kim Wyman running for that office again?". MyNorthwest.com . Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Stranger's Endorsements for the August, 6, 2024 Primary Election". July 31, 2024.
  7. ↑ Public Policy Polling (D)
  8. ↑ Hobbs, Steve (August 22, 2024). "Canvass of the Returns of the Primary Held on August 6, 2024" (PDF). Secretary of State of Washington . Archived (PDF) from the original on July 6, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  9. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (January 31, 2024). "This Year's Key Attorney General and Secretary of State Races". University of Virginia Center for Politics .
  10. ↑ ActiVote
  11. ↑ Public Policy Polling (D)
  12. ↑ Hobbs, Steve (December 4, 2024). "Canvass of the Returns of the General Election Held on November 5, 2024" (PDF). Secretary of State of Washington . Archived (PDF) from the original on July 4, 2025. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
  13. ↑ Hobbs, Steve (November 5, 2024). "Secretary of State - County Results". Secretary of State of Washington . Archived from the original on May 29, 2025. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
  14. ↑ "2024Gen Results by Congressional District" (PDF). sos.wa.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 28, 2024.
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