Kim Wyman gains early votes to maintain Republicans’ grip on secretary of state
Nov 8, 2016, 8:52 PM | Updated: 11:31 pm
Republicans keep a grip on the secretary of state’s office, with a potential re-election of Kim Wyman over Democratic challenger Tina Podlodowski.
Wyman had about 53 percent of the vote in election results Tuesday night. Podlodowski had 47 percent.
Election results for all of Washington’s key races
Secretary of State has been one of the few positions in Washington that have consistently been held by the Right, with Republicans overseeing state elections for more than 50 years.
Wyman, who narrowly defeated Democrat Kathleen Drew for the role in 2012, came into the election as the lone statewide elected Republican in Washington state and the entire U.S. continental West Coast. Podlodowski, a former Microsoft manager who served on the Seattle City Council for one four-year term in the 1990s, was also an adviser in 2014 to Seattle Mayor Ed Murray. The two candidates were neck-and-neck in the primaries, with Wyman topping Podlodowski by less than 24,000 votes.
In October, the Washington state Attorney General’s Office accused Wyman’s campaign of violating the state’s campaign finance laws by failing to file disclosure reports on time. In a written statement, Wyman called the errors minor and said she was looking forward to getting this “resolved quickly and fairly.”
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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