OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Democratic Secretary of State Steve Hobbs faces several challengers as he runs for election to the office he was appointed to last fall. Hobbs wants to hang on to the office for the remaining two years of former Republican Secretary of State Kim Wyman’s four-year term. Wyman was the fifth consecutive GOP secretary of state in Washington dating back to 1965, but left for a key election security job in the Biden administration. Hobbs faces several Republicans and a long-serving elections official from Pierce County who is running a non-partisan. Under the state’s primary system, the top two vote getters advance to the general election in November, regardless of party.