| Election Name: | Washington secretary of state election, 1996 |
| Country: | Washington |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 Washington Secretary of State election |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 2000 Washington Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1996 |
| Image1: | Ralph Munro.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Ralph Munro |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,223,769 |
| Percentage1: | 57.3% |
| Nominee2: | Phyllis Gutiérrez Kenney |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 838,632 |
| Percentage2: | 39.3% |
| Map Size: | 275px |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Election: | Ralph Munro |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Ralph Munro |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The Washington secretary of state election, 1996, took place on November 5, 1996. Incumbent secretary of state Ralph Munro was re-elected.
The primary election took place in September, with Republican incumbent Ralph Munro running unopposed. Natural Law candidate Gary Gill and Democratic candidate Phyllis Gutiérrez Kenney were also uncontested for their parties nominations.
In the general election, Munro coasted to victory over Kenney and Gill.
Kenney, at the time of the election, was serving as a member of the board of trustees of the Seattle community college district. Owing to the relative efficiency of her campaign against the long-serving and affable incumbent Munro (described by the Associated Press at the time as "possibly the GOP's most popular officeholder" in Washington[1]), governor Mike Lowry appointed Kenney to a vacant seat in the Washington House of Representatives following her defeat.[2]