2022 Washington Secretary of State special election

The 2022 Washington Secretary of State special election was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Kim Wyman, a Republican, resigned from the office on November 19, 2021, to become the senior election security lead for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the Biden administration's Department of Homeland Security. Washington governor Jay Inslee, a Democrat, announced he would appoint state senator Steve Hobbs as her replacement, the first Democrat to hold the office in more than fifty years.

In the primary election, Hobbs easily took first place. The race for the second spot in the general election was a close three-way battle between state senator Keith Wagoner and technician Bob Hagglund, both Republicans, and Pierce County Auditor Julie Anderson, an Independent. After a week of tabulation, Anderson was declared the winner, with the three candidates separated by just over 14,000 votes—less than 1% of the total. Brad Klippert, a Republican state representative, ran a write-in campaign in the general election.

Hobbs narrowly won the general election with 49.8% of the vote, over 7% less than the vote share won by Patty Murray in the concurrent Senate race. This marked the first time since 1960 that a Democrat was elected Washington Secretary of State.

Declared

 * Steve Hobbs, incumbent Washington Secretary of State
 * Marquez Tiggs

Declared

 * Tamborine Borrelli, director of the Washington Election Integrity Coalition United and Independent candidate for WA's 10th congressional district in 2018
 * Bob Hagglund, technician
 * Mark Miloscia, former state senator (2015–2019)
 * Keith Wagoner, state senator (2018–present)

Declared

 * Julie Anderson (nonpartisan), Pierce County auditor
 * Kurtis Engle (Union)

Results
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Candidates

 * Julie Anderson (nonpartisan), Pierce County Auditor
 * Steve Hobbs (Democratic), incumbent Secretary of State
 * Brad Klippert (Republican, write-in), state representative, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2004 and 2006, and candidate for Washington's 4th congressional district in 2022

Debates
A debate was scheduled for October 18 at the University of Puget Sound, but it was canceled.

Endorsements
Endorsements in bold were made after the primary election.

By congressional district
Despite losing the state, Anderson won 6 of 10 congressional districts, including four that elected Democrats.