Sam Reed — American Public Servant

Sam Reed was the Secretary of State of Washington and a Republican. Reed was Washington's fourteenth Secretary of State. He opted not to run for a third term, and retired in January 2013... (wikipedia)

I believe in operating in the big middle of the electorate and not being to the far right or the far left. I think you get so much more done.
I hope that one of my legacies, and I worked to pass it on, is moderation in politics.
There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper.