The 2004 Washington Secretary of State election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, to elect the Washington Secretary of State, concurrently with the 2004 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. Primary elections took place on September 14.https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2004/sep/08/reed-asks-voters-to-participate-in-state-primaries/

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Sam Reed was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic challenger Laura Ruderman.https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/nov/03/state-offices/

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Sam Reed, incumbent secretary of state (2001–2013)

Results

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Laura Ruderman, state representative (1999–2005)https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/ruderman-to-run-for-secretary-of-state-1128512.php

Results

Libertarian primary Candidates Nominee Jacqueline Passeyhttps://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/campaign-spending-charges-abound-in-contest-for-1153972.php

Results

General election Endorsements

Results

By county +CountySam Reed RepublicanLaura Ruderman DemocraticJacqueline Passey LibertarianMarginTotal votes#%#%#%#%Adams3,36270.62%1,29827.26%1012.12%2,06443.35%4,761Asotin4,47455.00%3,42342.08%2382.93%1,05112.92%8,135Benton42,18968.39%17,72328.73%1,7802.89%24,46639.66%61,692Chelan18,03765.60%8,75231.83%7052.56%9,28533.77%27,494Clallam17,79552.87%14,71143.71%1,1513.42%3,0849.16%33,657Clark83,58853.74%67,28543.26%4,6562.99%16,30310.48%155,529Columbia1,35269.94%53227.52%492.53%82042.42%1,933Cowlitz19,27448.34%19,32248.46%1,2773.20%-48-0.12%39,873Douglas8,47266.69%3,91230.80%3192.51%4,56035.90%12,703Ferry1,74456.39%1,21139.15%1384.46%53317.23%3,093Franklin10,07266.28%4,75631.30%3672.42%5,31634.99%15,195Garfield81868.00%35629.59%292.41%46238.40%1,203Grant16,18165.93%7,67231.26%6912.82%8,50934.67%24,544Grays Harbor13,44151.00%12,10545.93%8083.07%1,3365.07%26,354Island19,64955.13%14,93041.89%1,0632.98%4,71913.24%35,642Jefferson7,44142.23%9,56754.29%6133.48%-2,126-12.07%17,621King368,89344.81%428,36052.03%25,9803.16%-59,467-7.22%823,233Kitsap56,82850.78%51,53246.04%3,5573.18%5,2964.73%111,917Kittitas8,91259.88%5,51937.08%4523.04%3,39322.80%14,883Klickitat4,52953.72%3,57142.36%3313.93%95811.36%8,431Lewis19,69265.13%9,64331.89%9012.98%10,04933.24%30,236Lincoln3,51466.73%1,61930.74%1332.53%1,89535.99%5,266Mason12,72053.51%10,26243.17%7903.32%2,45810.34%23,772Okanogan8,70658.27%5,61237.56%6234.17%3,09420.71%14,941Pacific4,39745.96%4,81550.33%3553.71%-418-4.37%9,567Pend Oreille3,34557.40%2,23538.35%2484.26%1,11019.05%5,828Pierce151,73351.34%135,33145.79%8,4572.86%16,4025.55%295,521San Juan3,72940.25%5,05854.60%4775.15%-1,329-14.35%9,264Skagit26,56054.02%21,02442.76%1,5873.23%5,53611.26%49,171Skamania2,47252.22%2,03542.99%2274.80%4379.23%4,734Snohomish138,46549.98%130,38047.06%8,2152.97%8,0852.92%277,060Spokane104,62955.06%79,61241.89%5,8013.05%25,01713.16%190,042Stevens11,25860.06%6,78336.19%7043.76%4,47523.87%18,745Thurston63,58159.56%40,08437.55%3,0862.89%23,49722.01%106,751Wahkiakum1,15656.36%82740.32%683.32%32916.04%2,051Walla Walla13,47463.67%7,09733.54%5902.79%6,37730.14%21,161Whatcom41,43849.91%38,57746.47%3,0083.62%2,8613.45%83,023Whitman8,85753.62%7,09542.95%5673.43%1,76210.67%16,519Yakima42,64461.56%24,67335.62%1,9552.82%17,97125.94%69,272Totals1,369,42151.47%1,209,29945.45%82,0973.09%160,1226.02%2,660,817

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Clark (largest city: Vancouver) Grays Harbor (largest city: Aberdeen) Kitsap (largest city: Bremerton) Mason (largest city: Shelton) Pierce (largest city: Tacoma) Snohomish (largest city: Everett) Wahkiakum (largest city: Puget Island)

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