FILE - Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs poses in front of photos of the 15 people who previously held the office on Nov. 22, 2021, after he was sworn in at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash ...

WASHINGTON STATE — Ralph Munro, Washington state's longest-serving secretary of state, passed away at age 81 early Thursday morning. Steve Hobbs, Washington's current secretary of state, issued ...

The wide-open Washington secretary of state race has eight candidates vying for the position. The secretary of state oversees elections, corporations and the state archives. Ballots for the ...

View live results from the 2024 Washington election for secretary of state. Follow maps by county as results of the 2024 general election race are counted. Skip to Results ...

Ralph Munro was first elected as Washington’s secretary of state in 1980 and would go on to serve five terms in the job. He’s seen here, right, with bagpipes at a National Association of ...

They will be Washington’s chief elections officer and oversee several other entities including the state archives and the state library. The job pays $136,996 a year.

FILE - Steve Hobbs speaks after he was sworn in as Washington Secretary of State on Nov. 22, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Hobbs faces several challengers as he runs for election to the ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Democrats regained hold of Washington’s secretary of state office for the first time in more than five decades when Sen. Steve Hobbs was sworn into the position last November ...