{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Karl Allred |office = 23rd Secretary of State of Wyoming |governor = Mark Gordon |term_start = October 3, 2022 |term_end = January 2, 2023 |predecessor = Edward Buchanan |successor = Chuck Gray |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican }} '''Karl Allred''' is an American politician who served as the Secretary of State of Wyoming. He was appointed by Wyoming governor Mark Gordon in September 2022 to replace Edward Buchanan, who resigned on September 15 to become a Goshen County district court judge. He is a member of the Republican Party.
==Political career== Allred has unsuccessfully run for the Wyoming Legislature in 2010, 2014, and 2022. He was a member of the electoral college from Wyoming in 2016 and 2020.<ref name="governor-names-allred" />
After the resignation on September 15, 2022, of Wyoming Secretary of State Edward Buchanan, governor Mark Gordon was required to choose from three candidates nominated by the Wyoming Republican Party's Central Committee. The committee nominated Allred along with Marti Halverson, president of Right to Life of Wyoming, and Bryan Miller, the chairman of the Sheridan County Republican Party. Gordon selected Allred after interviewing the three candidates.<ref name="governor-names-allred">{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Jasmine |title=Governor names Allred interim secretary of state |url=https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/governor-names-allred-interim-secretary-of-state/article_2df1515c-4059-11ed-8171-9f4e9dba0cea.html |access-date=November 17, 2022 |work=Wyoming Tribune Eagle |date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117153457/https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/governor-names-allred-interim-secretary-of-state/article_2df1515c-4059-11ed-8171-9f4e9dba0cea.html |archive-date=November 17, 2022 |location=Cheyenne |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Personal life== Allred lives in Uinta County.<ref name="governor-names-allred" />
==Electoral history== {{Election box begin no change| title= 2020 Wyoming's 19th House of Representatives district Republican primary election<ref>{{cite web |title=Statewide House Official Summary - Wyoming Primary Election - August 18, 2020 |url=https://sos.wyo.gov/Elections/Docs/2020/Results/Primary/2020_Statewide_House_Candidates_Summary.pdf |website=Secretary of State of Wyoming |access-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112152439/https://sos.wyo.gov/Elections/Docs/2020/Results/Primary/2020_Statewide_House_Candidates_Summary.pdf |archive-date=November 12, 2022 |page=20 |url-status=live}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Danny Eyre |votes = 1,219 |percentage = 60.14% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Karl Allred |votes = 802 |percentage = 39.57% }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change |votes = 6 |percentage = 0.29% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 2,027 |percentage = 100% }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title= 2022 Wyoming's 19th House of Representatives district Republican primary election<ref>{{cite web |title=Statewide House Official Summary - Wyoming Primary Election - August 16, 2022 |url=https://sos.wyo.gov/Elections/Docs/2022/Results/Primary/2022_Statewide_House_Candidates_Summary.pdf |website=Secretary of State of Wyoming |access-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112032224/https://sos.wyo.gov/Elections/Docs/2022/Results/Primary/2022_Statewide_House_Candidates_Summary.pdf |archive-date=November 12, 2022 |page=21 |url-status=live}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Jon Conrad |votes = 1,078 |percentage = 43.54% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Karl Allred |votes = 752 |percentage = 30.37% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Andy Stocks |votes = 638 |percentage = 25.77% }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change |votes = 8 |percentage = 0.32% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 2,476 |percentage = 100% }} {{Election box end}}
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{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=Edward Buchanan}} {{s-ttl|title=Secretary of State of Wyoming<br>Acting|years=2022–2023}} {{s-aft|after=Chuck Gray}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Allred, Karl}} Category:21st-century Wyoming politicians Category:Living people Category:People from Uinta County, Wyoming Category:Secretaries of state of Wyoming Category:Wyoming Republicans Category:Year of birth missing (living people)