Dixy Lee Ray John Spellman Booth Gardner Mike Lowry Gary Locke
Preceded by
Bruce Chapman
Succeeded by
Sam Reed
Personal details
Born
Ralph Davies Munro
(1943-06-25) June 25, 1943 (age 80) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Residence
Thurston County, Washington
Alma mater
Western Washington University (BA)
Ralph Davies Munro (born June 25, 1943)[1] is a retired American Republican politician who previously served as the 13th Secretary of State of Washington. First elected in 1980, he served five terms. Munro was born in 1943 in Seattle, Washington, and grew up on Bainbridge Island. He is a graduate of Western Washington University holding a B.A. in Education and Political Science. Munro's first job with the state was as a supply clerk working in the basement of the capitol building.[2] Governor Daniel J. Evans appointed Munro as the state's first volunteer coordinator in 1969. He currently resides on Triple Creek Farm in Thurston County.[3]
Munro was a member of the bipartisan Commission on Federal Election Reform, and strongly advocated for expanding vote-by-mail.[4]
^"Happy 75th birthday, Ralph Munro". Washington Secretary of State. June 25, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
^Thomas, Ralph (29 December 2000). "Business | Ralph Munro leaving a career carved in stone | Seattle Times Newspaper". Community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^"Washington's Secretaries of State - Past and Present". Sos.wa.gov. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^Member listing, Commission on Federal Election Reform
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