What is Kim Wyman?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Kim Wyman |image = Kim Wyman 2.jpg |office = 15th [[Secretary of State of Washington]] |governor = [[Jay Inslee]] |term_start = January 16, 2013 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Sam Reed]] |successor = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|7|15}} |birth_place = [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = John Wyman |children = 2 |education = [[California State University, Long Beach|California State University,<br>Long Beach]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[Troy University]] {{small|([[Master of Public Administration|MPA]])}} |website = {{url|sos.wa.gov|Government website}} }} '''Kim Wyman''' (born July 15, 1962) is an American politician. She is the 15th and current [[Secretary of State of Washington]], having won in the 2012 and 2016 state elections.<ref name=results>{{cite web |url=http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/StateExecutive-All.html |title=November 06, 2012 General Election Results |first=Sam |last=Reed |author-link=Sam Reed |date=November 21, 2012 |publisher=[[Secretary of State of Washington]] |access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref> Between 2012 and 2016, she was the only [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] elected to statewide office on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]].<ref name=Brunner>{{cite news |title=State Republicans ponder long-term prospects on blue West Coast |first=Jim |last=Brunner |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019705225_gopfuture18m.html?prmid=4939 |newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=November 17, 2012 |access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref> In March 2017, Wyman was diagnosed with an early form of [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/secretary-of-state-kim-wyman-to-be-treated-for-colon-cancer/|title=Secretary of State Kim Wyman to be treated for colon cancer