# 2024 Washington Secretary of State election

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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.
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.

## Candidates
### Democratic Party
#### Advanced to general

* Steve Hobbs, incumbent secretary of state (2021–present)

#### Eliminated in primary

* Marquez Tiggs, graduate student and candidate for secretary of state in 2022

### Republican Party
#### Advanced to general

* Dale Whitaker, tax preparer

#### Withdrawn

* Phil Fortunato, state senator for the 31st district (2017–present) and candidate for governor in 2020 (ran for state insurance commissioner)
* Bob Hagglund, IT professional and candidate for secretary of state in 2022 (ran for lieutenant governor)

#### Declined

* Kim Wyman, senior election security advisor for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (2021–present) and former Washington Secretary of State (2013–2021)

### No Labels
#### Eliminated in primary

* Damon Townsend, election operations consultant

## Primary election
### Endorsements

Newspapers
* The Stranger
Political parties
* Washington State Republican Party

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Steve Hobbs (D) | Marquez Tiggs (D) | Damon Townsend (NL) | Dale Whitaker (R) | Undecided |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | July 24–25, 2024 | 581 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 23% | 7% | 5% | 30% | 35% |

### Results

Blanket primary election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Steve Hobbs (incumbent) | 930,533 | 48.38% |
| | Republican | Dale Whitaker | 709,046 | 36.87% |
| | Democratic | Marquez Tiggs | 185,628 | 9.65% |
| | No Labels | Damon Townsend | 96,586 | 5.02% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,534 | 0.08% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,923,327 | 100.0% |

## General election
### Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe D | January 31, 2024 |

### Debate

2024 Washington Secretary of State debate :
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Republican |
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | | |
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Steve Hobbs | Dale Whitaker |
| 1 | Oct. 1, 2024 | League of Women Voters | Mary Coltrane | TVW | P | P |

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Steve Hobbs (D) | Dale Whitaker (R) | Undecided |
| ActiVote | October 3–29, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 64% | 36% | – |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | October 16–17, 2024 | 571 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 47% | 34% | 19% |

### Results

2024 Washington Secretary of State election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Steve Hobbs (incumbent) | 2,234,420 | 59.20% | +9.43% |
| | Republican | Dale Whitaker | 1,535,977 | 40.70% | N/A |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 3,958 | 0.10% | –4.30% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,774,355 | 100.00% | N/A |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

#### By congressional district

Hobbs won seven of 10 congressional districts, with the remaining three going to Whitaker, including one that elected a Democrat.
| District | Hobbs | Whitaker | Representative |
| 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) |
| 5th | 44% | 56% | Michael Baumgartner (119th Congress) |
| 6th | 60% | 40% | Derek Kilmer (118th Congress) |
| 6th | 60% | 40% | Emily Randall (119th Congress) |
| 7th | 88% | 12% | Pramila Jayapal |
| 8th | 52% | 48% | Kim Schrier |
| 9th | 71% | 29% | Adam Smith |
| 10th | 59% | 40% | Marilyn Strickland |