Join the University Sunrise Rotary Club for a program featuring former Washington State Secretary of State, Sam Reed discussing “The Future of the Republican Party.
The program will be presented on Zoom on Thursday morning with the Zoom line opening at 7 a.m. The formal meeting including the program runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. No registration is required, and the program is free.
The meeting will be available via Zoom. Click here to join the meeting Thursday morning. The Zoom line will open shortly after 7 a.m.
Sam Reed served as the 14th Secretary of State of Washington from 2001 to 2013. Reed is largely considered to be one of the most consequential state-level secretaries of state in American history.
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.
Reed attended Washington State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in social studies and master’s degree in political science.
A self-described Rockefeller Republican, in 1969 he, along with other moderate to liberal Republicans Chris Bayley and Daniel J. Evans founded the Cascade Conference, a symposium made up of fellow “Mainstream Republicans” where which ultimately evolved into the political advocacy group, the Mainstream Republicans of Washington, who continue to host annual Cascade Conferences to the present day.
Prior to his service as Secretary of State, Reed was elected Thurston County Auditor five times and served as Washington’s Assistant Secretary of State. He was also appointed by Governor Evans onto the Governor’s Advisory Council on Urban Affairs.