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Hobbs: 20–30% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Anderson: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Tie: 40–50% 50% No data | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Washington Secretary of State special election was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Kim Wyman, a Republican, resigned from the office on November 19, 2021, to become the senior election security lead for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the Biden administration's Department of Homeland Security. [1] Washington governor Jay Inslee, a Democrat, announced he would appoint state senator Steve Hobbs as her replacement, the first Democrat to hold the office in more than fifty years. [2]
In the primary election, Hobbs easily took first place. The race for the second spot in the general election was a close three-way battle between state senator Keith Wagoner and technician Bob Hagglund, both Republicans, and Pierce County Auditor Julie Anderson, an Independent. After a week of tabulation, Anderson was declared the winner, with the three candidates separated by just over 14,000 votes—less than 1% of the total. [3] Brad Klippert, a Republican state representative, ran a write-in campaign in the general election.
Hobbs narrowly won the general election with 49.8% of the vote, over 7% less than the vote share won by Patty Murray in the concurrent Senate race. This marked the first time since 1960 that a Democrat was elected Washington Secretary of State.
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Nonpartisan | Republican | Unity | Republican | Democratic | Republican | Democratic | Republican |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn |
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Julie Anderson | Tamborine Borrelli | Kurtis Engle | Bob Hagglund | Steve Hobbs | Mark Miloscia | Marquez Tiggs | Keith Wagoner | |||||
1 [14] | Jul. 14, 2022 |
League of Women Voters of Washington The Spokesman-Review TVW |
Laurel Demkovich | TVW | P | N | N | P | P | P | P | N |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size [b] |
Margin of error |
Julie Anderson (NP) |
Tamborine Borrelli (R) |
Kurtis Engle (I) |
Bob Hagglund (R) |
Steve Hobbs (D) |
Mark Miloscia (R) |
Marquez Tiggs (D) |
Keith Wagoner (R) |
Undecided |
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Public Policy Polling (D) [A] | June 1–2, 2022 | 1,039 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 5% | 5% | 1% | 5% | 17% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 56% |
Public Policy Polling (D) [A] | February 17–18, 2022 | 700 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 11% | – | – | – | 33% | – | – | 30% | 25% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Steve Hobbs (incumbent) | 747,993 | 39.93% | |
Nonpartisan | Julie Anderson | 240,035 | 12.81% | |
Republican | Keith Wagoner | 227,842 | 12.16% | |
Republican | Bob Hagglund | 225,633 | 12.05% | |
Republican | Mark Miloscia | 187,774 | 10.02% | |
Democratic | Marquez Tiggs | 148,716 | 7.94% | |
Republican | Tamborine Borrelli | 86,748 | 4.63% | |
Unity | Kurtis Engle | 6,887 | 0.37% | |
Write-in | 1,499 | 0.08% | ||
Total votes | 1,873,127 | 100.0% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball [26] | Leans D | November 3, 2022 |
Elections Daily [27] | Leans D | November 7, 2022 |
A debate was scheduled for October 18 at the University of Puget Sound, [29] but it was canceled. [30]
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Nonpartisan |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn |
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Steve Hobbs | Julie Anderson | |||||
1 | Aug. 17, 2022 | Association of Washington Business |
Melissa Santos | AWB | P | P |
2 | Oct. 23, 2022 |
KSPS League of Women Voters of Washington The Spokesman-Review Washington Debate Coalition |
Laurel Demkovitch | YouTube | P | P |
Endorsements in bold were made after the primary election.
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size [b] |
Margin of error |
Steve Hobbs (D) |
Julie Anderson (NP) |
Undecided |
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SurveyUSA | October 14–19, 2022 | 589 (LV) | ± 5.0% | 40% | 29% | 30% |
Strategies 360 | September 22–25, 2022 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.4% | 35% | 36% | 29% |
370 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 38% | 38% | 24% | ||
The Trafalgar Group (R) | September 21–24, 2022 | 1,091 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 40% | 37% | 23% |
Elway Research | September 12–15, 2022 | 403 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 31% | 29% | 40% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Steve Hobbs (incumbent) | 1,468,521 | 49.77% | +3.50% | |
Nonpartisan | Julie Anderson | 1,351,926 | 45.82% | N/A | |
Write-in | 129,933 | 4.40% | +4.28% | ||
Total votes | 2,950,380 | 100.0% | |||
Democratic hold |
Despite losing the state, Anderson won 6 of 10 congressional districts, including four that elected Democrats. [39]
District | Anderson | Hobbs | Representative |
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1st | 41% | 55% | Suzan DelBene |
2nd | 43% | 51% | Rick Larsen |
3rd | 53% | 42% | Jaime Herrera Beutler ( 117th Congress) |
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez ( 118th Congress) | |||
4th | 59% | 32% | Dan Newhouse |
5th | 55% | 38% | Cathy McMorris Rodgers |
6th | 49% | 47% | Derek Kilmer |
7th | 24% | 75% | Pramila Jayapal |
8th | 51% | 44% | Kim Schrier |
9th | 35% | 62% | Adam Smith |
10th | 50% | 46% | Marilyn Strickland |
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Hobbs: 20–30% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Anderson: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Tie: 40–50% 50% No data | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Washington |
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The 2022 Washington Secretary of State special election was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Kim Wyman, a Republican, resigned from the office on November 19, 2021, to become the senior election security lead for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the Biden administration's Department of Homeland Security. [1] Washington governor Jay Inslee, a Democrat, announced he would appoint state senator Steve Hobbs as her replacement, the first Democrat to hold the office in more than fifty years. [2]
In the primary election, Hobbs easily took first place. The race for the second spot in the general election was a close three-way battle between state senator Keith Wagoner and technician Bob Hagglund, both Republicans, and Pierce County Auditor Julie Anderson, an Independent. After a week of tabulation, Anderson was declared the winner, with the three candidates separated by just over 14,000 votes—less than 1% of the total. [3] Brad Klippert, a Republican state representative, ran a write-in campaign in the general election.
Hobbs narrowly won the general election with 49.8% of the vote, over 7% less than the vote share won by Patty Murray in the concurrent Senate race. This marked the first time since 1960 that a Democrat was elected Washington Secretary of State.
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Nonpartisan | Republican | Unity | Republican | Democratic | Republican | Democratic | Republican |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn |
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Julie Anderson | Tamborine Borrelli | Kurtis Engle | Bob Hagglund | Steve Hobbs | Mark Miloscia | Marquez Tiggs | Keith Wagoner | |||||
1 [14] | Jul. 14, 2022 |
League of Women Voters of Washington The Spokesman-Review TVW |
Laurel Demkovich | TVW | P | N | N | P | P | P | P | N |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size [b] |
Margin of error |
Julie Anderson (NP) |
Tamborine Borrelli (R) |
Kurtis Engle (I) |
Bob Hagglund (R) |
Steve Hobbs (D) |
Mark Miloscia (R) |
Marquez Tiggs (D) |
Keith Wagoner (R) |
Undecided |
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Public Policy Polling (D) [A] | June 1–2, 2022 | 1,039 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 5% | 5% | 1% | 5% | 17% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 56% |
Public Policy Polling (D) [A] | February 17–18, 2022 | 700 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 11% | – | – | – | 33% | – | – | 30% | 25% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Steve Hobbs (incumbent) | 747,993 | 39.93% | |
Nonpartisan | Julie Anderson | 240,035 | 12.81% | |
Republican | Keith Wagoner | 227,842 | 12.16% | |
Republican | Bob Hagglund | 225,633 | 12.05% | |
Republican | Mark Miloscia | 187,774 | 10.02% | |
Democratic | Marquez Tiggs | 148,716 | 7.94% | |
Republican | Tamborine Borrelli | 86,748 | 4.63% | |
Unity | Kurtis Engle | 6,887 | 0.37% | |
Write-in | 1,499 | 0.08% | ||
Total votes | 1,873,127 | 100.0% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball [26] | Leans D | November 3, 2022 |
Elections Daily [27] | Leans D | November 7, 2022 |
A debate was scheduled for October 18 at the University of Puget Sound, [29] but it was canceled. [30]
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Nonpartisan |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn |
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Steve Hobbs | Julie Anderson | |||||
1 | Aug. 17, 2022 | Association of Washington Business |
Melissa Santos | AWB | P | P |
2 | Oct. 23, 2022 |
KSPS League of Women Voters of Washington The Spokesman-Review Washington Debate Coalition |
Laurel Demkovitch | YouTube | P | P |
Endorsements in bold were made after the primary election.
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size [b] |
Margin of error |
Steve Hobbs (D) |
Julie Anderson (NP) |
Undecided |
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SurveyUSA | October 14–19, 2022 | 589 (LV) | ± 5.0% | 40% | 29% | 30% |
Strategies 360 | September 22–25, 2022 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.4% | 35% | 36% | 29% |
370 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 38% | 38% | 24% | ||
The Trafalgar Group (R) | September 21–24, 2022 | 1,091 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 40% | 37% | 23% |
Elway Research | September 12–15, 2022 | 403 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 31% | 29% | 40% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Steve Hobbs (incumbent) | 1,468,521 | 49.77% | +3.50% | |
Nonpartisan | Julie Anderson | 1,351,926 | 45.82% | N/A | |
Write-in | 129,933 | 4.40% | +4.28% | ||
Total votes | 2,950,380 | 100.0% | |||
Democratic hold |
Despite losing the state, Anderson won 6 of 10 congressional districts, including four that elected Democrats. [39]
District | Anderson | Hobbs | Representative |
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1st | 41% | 55% | Suzan DelBene |
2nd | 43% | 51% | Rick Larsen |
3rd | 53% | 42% | Jaime Herrera Beutler ( 117th Congress) |
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez ( 118th Congress) | |||
4th | 59% | 32% | Dan Newhouse |
5th | 55% | 38% | Cathy McMorris Rodgers |
6th | 49% | 47% | Derek Kilmer |
7th | 24% | 75% | Pramila Jayapal |
8th | 51% | 44% | Kim Schrier |
9th | 35% | 62% | Adam Smith |
10th | 50% | 46% | Marilyn Strickland |