Sam Reed
Sam Reed was the Secretary of State of Washington and a Republican. Reed was Washington's fourteenth Secretary of State. He opted not to run for a third term, and retired in January 2013. Reed received his bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from Washington State University. He 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.