He's the first Democrat to win election as Washington's secretary of state since 1960.
Steve Hobbs has broken Democrats' 58-year-losing streak when it comes to Washington's secretary of state's office.Nonpartisan candidate Julie Anderson conceded to Hobbs on Thursday after trailing him 46.86%% to 49.34% on the third dayThe secretary of state is Washington's top elections official, in charge of ensuring vote-by-mail elections run smoothly and securely.
Hobbs' win at the ballot box means he'll complete the last two years of Wyman's term — and be the first Democrat elected to the position in more than six decades.Washington has never before elected a nonpartisan secretary of state, so Anderson faced an uphill climb from the beginning.from the state Democratic party, which tried to paint her as a closet Republican who opposed increased access to voting.
Anderson, who has aligned with Democrats in the past, said it's important for election officials like her to remain out of party politics. She's been nonpartisan for the past 12 years as she has served as Pierce County's elected auditor, a job that involves overseeing elections She and her supporters argued that experience made her more qualified than Hobbs to take on the job of the state's chief elections official.Hobbs, a former state senator, said his record of bipartisan work in the Legislature has prepared him for the challenges of the statewide office, along with his experience leading the COVID-19 response in Western Washington as a lieutenant colonel in the state's Army National Guard.
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