Democrat Gregoire Wins Wash. Governor Race
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King County officials, from left, Dwight Pelz, a King County Council member; Dean Logan, director of Records and Elections and Licensing Services; and Daniel Satterberg, with the county prosecutors office, review a disputed ballot at the King County
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A chronology of events in disputed governor's race in Washington state:
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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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As Republican Dino Rossi held onto his narrow lead in the race for governor yesterday, Democrats won a small court victory for their candidate, Attorney General Christine Gregoire.
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After a bitter and protracted recount fight in the Washington State governor&#39;s race, elections officials announced Wednesday that the Democratic candidate, Christine O. Gregoire
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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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Recount results from King County on Wednesday made Democrat Christine Gregoire the apparent but unofficial winner of the extraordinarily close Washington governor&#39;s race.
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Never in Washington state has a governor's race been so close.
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Incumbent governors in Vermont and North Carolina won re-election Tuesday night, while the Democratic candidate in West Virginia kept the governor&#39;s office in the party&#39;s hands.
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The head of the state Democratic Party said late Tuesday that recount results from King County give Democrat Christine Gregoire an eight-vote victory in the closest governor's race in state history.
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OLYMPIA, Wash_ Edged out of the closest governorÂ´s race in state history, Republican Dino Rossi urged his opponent to accept a revote, saying the uncertainty surrounding the back-and-forth election was bad for the state.
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Republican Dino Rossi was declared the winner of the Washington governor&#39;s race by 42 votes, the closest margin in the state&#39;s history.
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Through all the counting and recounting in the closest governor's race in Washington state history, Republican Dino Rossi has held the slimmest of margins over Democrat Christine Gregoire &#151; even picking up a few votes here and there as a tedious hand recount grinds on.
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Republican Dino Rossi called for a new election in the race for Washington governor Wednesday night, a day before Democrat Christine Gregoire is to be certified as the winner by 129 votes.
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Secretary of State Sam Reed certified Washington&#39;s Governor race, making Democrat Chris Gregoire the controversial comeback winner over Dino Rossi.
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OLYMPIA - If Democrat Christine Gregoire is sworn in as Washington&#39;s second woman governor, the months following her Jan. 12 inauguration will be daunting.
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Republican Dino Rossi, who lost the closest race for governor in U.S. history in 2004, said Thursday he'll seek a rematch with Washington Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire next year.