1. Sam S Reed was born on January 10,1941 and is an American accountant and politician who served as the 14th Secretary of State of Washington from 2001 to 2013 and is a member of the Republican Party.
11 Facts About Sam Reed
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Sam Reed was elected to the office of Secretary of State in 2000, as one of only two Republicans to be elected to statewide office that year, after serving as Thurston County auditor.
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Sam Reed attended Washington State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in social studies and master's degree in political science.
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Sam Reed was first elected as Washington's Secretary of State in 2000.
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Sam Reed supported an initiative approved by Washington voters in 2004 that created a "Top 2 Primary" in which voters can choose any candidate on the primary ballot, regardless of political party.
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Sam Reed is past president of the National Association of Secretaries of State.
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Sam Reed served as an advisor to the US Election Assistance Commission from 2005 to 2007.
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In 2004 Sam Reed was re-elected by a relatively comfortable margin of about 6 percent.
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Sam Reed's opponents were Laura Ruderman, a state legislator, and Jacqueline Passey, a college student.
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Sam Reed advocated for, and oversaw the introduction of, Washington's nonpartisan blanket primary voting system for statewide and state legislative district elections.
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In November 2008 Sam Reed ran for re-election against Democrat Jason Osgood and won with more than 58 percent of the vote statewide.