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Democratic [WA] Sen. Jim Kastama may run for Secretary of State
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Jun 21, 2011 01:48am |
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| Author | Andrew Garber |
| Media | Newspaper - Seattle Times |
| News Date | Tuesday, June 21, 2011 02:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | State Sen. Jim Kastama, D-Puyallup, says he'll run for Secretary of State if Sam Reed decides not to run again.
Reed, a Republican, has been Secretary of State since 2000. He was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year.
He said on Monday he hasn't decided whether to run for re-election. "I realize I need to make a decision soon," Reed said. "In the meantime I have a good war chest, I have a statewide committee and all that. But my wife and I are having some very serious conversations."
Kastama, who has been re-elected five times, has extensive experience in statewide election law, having chaired the Government Operations and Elections Committee following the Gregoire/Rossi election in 2004. He is responsible for many of the election law reforms put in place in the aftermath of this controversial election including: routine audits of county elections, the purging of ineligible voters from the voters rolls, and moving the primary forward to allow overseas military personnel more time to return their ballots. |
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