Washington&#39;s oh-so-close governor&#39;s race
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PHOTOFINISH: After a statewide machine recount, Republican Dino Rossi edged Democrat Christine Gregoire by a mere 42 votes out of more than 2.8 million cast for governor.
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More than seven weeks after the election, Democrat Christine Gregoire took the lead in Washington's governor's race Wednesday, gaining a 10-vote advantage over Republican Dino Rossi after King County officials announced results of a hand recount.
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Absolutely preposterous. Dino Rossi&#39;s call for a rerun of the governor&#39;s election has no basis, at least so far. Christine Gregoire, Rossi&#39;s Democratic opponent, is now governor-elect as the result of a stunningly close election.
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The Republican candidate for governor, who lost by 129 votes, says Democrat Christine Gregoire&#39;s term will be tainted. By Jerry Cornfield.
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While Democrat Christine Gregoire won the third - and presumably, final â-ally in the governor&#39;s race by 130 votes, no one is sure yet whether the election really is over.
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The governor's race is still undecided in Washington state, and Democratic Party volunteers are frantically calling voters with disputed provisional ballots after a judge orders officials to release the names. Republicans are miffed.
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The exhausting, exasperating, excruciatingly close Washington governor's race might be the worst thing to happen to democracy since Florida's pregnant chads. Or, it might be no big deal.
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Republican Dino Rossi held onto his lead for Washington governor Wednesday by a mere 42 votes out of more than 2.8 million cast after a statewide recount in a race that has become one of the most intriguing story lines of this election season.
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After three vote tallies and nearly two nerve-racking months of waiting, Democrat Christine Gregoire was declared Washington's governor-elect on Thursday. But her Republican rival did not concede and wants a new election.
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Democrat Christine Gregoire won the Washington governor&#39;s race by a 130-vote margin out of 2.9 million ballots cast, according to final recount results from King County, the last of Washington&#39;s 39 counties to report.
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With only 28 votes separating  candidates for Governor of Washington state after a  two-week-long count, election officials said on Wednesday that  the result would likely result in a recount.
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Two statewide polls show the governor&#39;s race between Democratic incumbent Joe Kernan and Republican challenger Mitch Daniels remains tight one week before Election Day.
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After a bitter and protracted recount fight in the Washington state governor&#39;s race, elections officials announced yesterday that the Democratic candidate, Christine O. Gregoire, was
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OLYMPIA -- Riding two huge wins yesterday, Democrat Christine Gregoire appears to have undone Republican Dino Rossi&#39;s victory in the closest governor&#39;s race in US history.
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Democrat Christine Gregoire won the Washington governor's race by 130 votes, according to final recount results announced Thursday from Seattle's King County, but Republican Dino Rossi and his supporters said the back-and-forth contest was far from finished, more than seven weeks after the election.
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DEMOCRAT WINS: Christine Gregoire defeated Republican Dino Rossi by 130 votes in the second and final recount in the Washington governor's race.
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Washington Democrats will pay for a second recount in the state&#39;s unsettled governor&#39;s race, hoping it will erase the 42-vote margin held by Republican Dino Rossi.