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Incumbent secretary of state Steve Hobbs (D) was named to replace former secretary of state Kim Wyman (R) who was re-elected to a third term in 2020, but resigned in 2021 to take a position in the Biden administration. [14] Hobbs won a 2022 special election to fill the role, and announced that he would seek re-election to a first full term.
Incumbent Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz, elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020, did not seek a third term in office, opting to run instead for governor. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The primary saw a close race with the Democratic vote split across five candidates, causing a recount in order to determine the winners and narrowly avoiding a lockout for ...
Washington is one of two states that holds a top-two primary, meaning that all candidates are listed on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation, and the top two move on to the general election. Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti was first elected back in 2020 defeating then-incumbent state treasurer Duane Davidson. [1]
The 2024 United States state treasurer elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the state treasurer and equivalents in nine states, plus a special election in Arkansas. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2020 .
A measure creating a new government department to handle hunting regulation (the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife) [50] Passed [51] 270,421 (53.84%) 231,863 (46.16%) Initiative to the People 64 A measure to limit the tax rate of personal property by state, county, municipalities, and school districts [50] Passed [51] 303,384 (61.41%)
Incumbent Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz (D) was re-elected to a second term. [6] She defeated Republican nominee Sue Kuehl Pederson in the general election by 13.5%. 2022 Washington Public Lands Commissioner election debate
The current governor is Democrat Jay Inslee, who took office on January 16, 2013, and was reelected in 2016 and 2020; his term will expire on January 15, 2025, as Inslee announced on May 1, 2023, that he will not be seeking re-election to an unprecedented fourth term in 2024. [7] Washington has had the longest current streak of Democratic ...
Hilary S. Franz (born July 3, 1970) is an American politician and conservation attorney serving as the 16th Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands since 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party who was previously a member of the Bainbridge Island City Council and was elected as commissioner in 2016.