Kathleen Drew

Kathleen Drew

Democratic Party

Prior offices

King County Representative

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Education

Bachelor's

Ohio University

Contact

Personal Facebook

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Kathleen Drew (b. October 23, 1960) is a former member of the Washington State Legislature, representing East King County and a former 2012 Democratic candidate for Washington Secretary of State. She was defeated by Republican Kim Wyman in the general election.

Drew has previously worked as an adviser to retiring incumbent Gov. Christine Gregoire on environmental policy.

Education

• B.A. in political science, Ohio University

Elections

2012

See also: Washington secretary of state election, 2012

Washington Secretary of State General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kim Wyman	50.4%	1,464,741
	Democratic	Kathleen Drew	49.6%	1,442,868
Total Votes				2,907,609
Election results via Washington Secretary of State

Drew was a Democratic candidate in the 2012 race for secretary of state. She faced 6 others in the August 7 primary race, in which she received the second highest number of votes among the candidates, earning one of two available slots on the general election ballot. The other slot went to first place finisher, [{Republican]] Thurston County Auditor Kim Wyman, who defeated Drew by a narrow margin in November. Drew conceded the election to Wyman on November 10th, six days after the general election took place.

Washington Secretary of State, Primary, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kim Wyman	39.8%	528,754
	Democratic	Kathleen Drew	21.7%	289,052
	Democratic	Greg Nickels	15.9%	210,832
	Democratic	Jim Kastama	13.9%	185,425
	Constitution Party	Karen Murray	3.8%	50,888
	No Party Preference	David Anderson	3.3%	44,276
	Human Rights Party	Sam Wright	1.6%	20,809
Total Votes				1,330,036
Election results via Washington Secretary of State (dead link)'

She boasts "over 25 years experience as a results-oriented, effective public service manager for the people of Washington State."

Issue positions

Kathleen Drew is running for Washington Secretary of State in 2012

• Elections

As laid out on her campaign website, Drew's main campaign platform is to "ensure impartial and fair elections, streamline services, and increase community and civic engagement."

• Increase voter registration

In her campaign advertisement, Drew says that Washington misses out on a useful opportunity to register people to vote when they receive their drivers licenses because those getting their licenses are too young. To counteract this, she wants to institute programs for pre-registering voters at the time they receive their licenses, and also Election Day registration.

• Voter-ID law

Drew is against legislation which would require voter photo identification at the polls. She said she "opposes efforts to suppress or discourage any groups or individuals from voting."

Endorsements

Drew was endorsed by current Governor Christine Gregoire.

Campaign finance summary

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Personal

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Drew is married to Thurston County Assessor Steven Drew, and they have one son, Philip.

Contact

120 State Ave NE #1042
Olympia WA, 98501
(206) 979-5467

Email: [email protected]

See also

• Washington Secretary of State
• Current Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed
• Washington secretary of state election, 2012

External links

Suggest a link

• Kathleen Drew for Secretary of State
• Drew on Twitter
• Drew on Facebook
• Drew on YouTube
• Drew vs. Kastama Debate Kick-off March 29, 2012
• Campaign contributions: 2012