WASHINGTON — Kim Wyman, Washington’s Republican secretary of state who challenged former President Trump’s false claims of election fraud in 2020, announced today she will lead the Biden administration’s effort to protect future elections.
Wyman has led elections in Washington state since 2013, and was reelected to a third term in November. She will now serve as the election security leader for the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
She will resign as secretary of state, effective Nov. 19.
Gov. Inslee will be charged with appointing a new secretary of state, who will hold the position until the next general election in November of next year.