Sam Wercinski

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Sam Wercinski is the former Arizona Real Estate Commissioner and director of the Arizona Department of Real Estate. After resigning from these positions in January 2009, he announced seven months later his candidacy for the statewide position of secretary of state, challenging Republican Ken Bennett, who was appointed to the position by Governor Jan Brewer.^[1]^[2]^[3] Wercinski lost the Democratic nomination on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 after receiving only thirty-seven percent of the vote.^[4]

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See also: Arizona Secretary of State election, 2010

2010 Race for Secretary of State - Democratic Primary^[5]
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Democratic Party	Christopher Deschene	62.2%
	Democratic Party	Sam Wercinski	36.9%
	Write-In		0.9%
Total Votes			1,564,108

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