Reed to have surgery for kidney cancer

THE OLYMPIAN • Published March 18, 2010

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Secretary of State Sam Reed has been diagnosed with kidney cancer and will undergo surgery Monday at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. He is expected to make a full recovery and will return to work soon.

Reed, 69, is in his third term as Washington’s 14th secretary of state and is the senior Republican statewide elected official. He is second in line of succession to the governor.

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