Secretary Reed: No 4th term bid
Secretary of State Sam Reed, the state’s senior statewide Republican elected official, says he won’t run for a fourth term next year. Reed, former president of the nation’s secretaries of state and a veteran of more than 40 years in public life, said Tuesday that he’s made the “bittersweet decision” to step aside after his term ends in January, 2013. He is 70, and said it’s time to let Washington choose a new generation of leadership in this and other…