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Dean Logan previously worked as a registrar in Washington state.

Posted by The John Phillips Show, Checked

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The John Phillips ShowOct 17, 2026
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The claim that Dean Logan previously worked as a registrar in Washington state is supported by multiple sources: an official EAC bio says he served as Washington State Elections Director and as elected Kitsap County Clerk, and as Director of Records, Elections and Licensing in King County, Washington, before coming to Los Angeles County.

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… that the DOJ sent me to read the list of the 20,000 alleged voters who should not be voting in this election because what he thinks he's gonna get ransomware on his laptop?" No, this is a guy who does not want to make sure that the voter rolls are legit. Before he became the registrar recorder in Los Angeles County, he worked in Washington state, and he had a checkered history there. This is not a guy who is a reformer. This is not a guy who wants to make sure that the voter rolls are clean. This is a guy who wants to make sure that the outcome is in the Democrats' favor. …
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What we found

Supports. The official EAC bio states Logan served as Director of Records, Elections and Licensing Services in King County, Washington, as Washington State Elections Director, and as elected County Clerk in Kitsap County before joining Los Angeles County.[1]

Supports. A 2014 LAist profile says Logan won election to a county clerk post before heading the state elections offices in Washington and later King County's elections operation.[2]

Supports. A 2026 Yahoo profile states that before arriving in California, Logan served as elections director for King County, Washington, overseeing elections for roughly one-third of the state's voters.[3]

Context. Coverage of Logan's 2004 Washington tenure describes him as an administrator running elections in the most populous Washington county, tied to the contested 2004 governor's race.[4][5]

Sources

5 sources: 1 primary, 4 not rated

  1. 1DEAN LOGAN (2013)eac.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
  2. 2Can this bureaucrat get young citizens to vote? - Los Angeles - LAistlaist.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  3. 3LA’s painfully slow vote count run by man with shocking ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  4. 4Seeking a vote of confidencelatimes.com · not rated · cited for: context
  5. 5If voting goes awry, he’s L.A.’s fall guyenewspaper.latimes.com · not rated · cited for: context

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