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TheWashington secretary of state election, 1996, took place on November 5, 1996. Incumbent secretary of stateRalph Munro was re-elected.
The primary election took place in September, withRepublican incumbentRalph Munro running unopposed.Natural Law candidate Gary Gill andDemocratic candidatePhyllis Gutiérrez Kenney were also uncontested for their parties nominations.
In the general election, Munro coasted to victory over Kenney and Gill.
Kenney, at the time of the election, was serving as a member of the board of trustees of the Seattle community college district. Owing to the relative efficiency of her campaign against the long-serving and affable incumbent Munro (described by theAssociated Press at the time as "possibly the GOP's most popular officeholder" in Washington[1]), governorMike Lowry appointed Kenney to a vacant seat in theWashington House of Representatives following her defeat.[2]
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