Democrat Widens Lead in Washington Governor's Race
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Democrat Christine Gregoire expanded her lead over Republican Dino Rossi to 130 votes to win the race for Washington state governor in a recount seven weeks after the election, officials said on Thursday.
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Democrats in the US state of Washington say hand recount results from one county give its candidate a narrow victory in the November governor&#39;s race.
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Washington state Democrats, fearful their candidate for governor might narrowly lose because of disputed ballots, sued election officials Friday in the state's largest county.
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The front-runners in the race for Senate and governor maintained their leads as televised political advertising increased, a statewide poll released Thursday found.
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OLYMPIA, Washington The chairman of the Washington State Democratic Party says that recount results from King County give his party&#39;s candidate an eight-vote victory in the closest governor&#39;s race in state history.
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Rasmussen Reports - Incumbent Democratic Gov. Brad Henry has extended his already impressive lead over U.S. Rep. Ernest Istook by four points since last month&#39;s survey.&nbsp; The latest Rasmussen Reports election poll shows Henry leading Istook 59% to 34%.
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Sen. John Kerry is working, but not too hard, to keep Washington state in the Democratic column.
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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.
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Democrat Christine Gregoire was  officially named Washington's governor-elect on Thursday, 58  days and two recounts after the closest election in the state's  history.
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Never in Washington state has a governor's race been so close.
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The cliffhanger in Washington State seems to have a winner: the Democratic candidate, Christine Gregoire.
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A chronology of events in disputed governor's race in Washington state:
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Washington state's unresolved race for governor will be extended further with a hand recount of the 2.8 million votes cast, after Democrats agreed to pay for another tally of the ballots which had their candidate losing to the Republican contender by 42 votes.
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Ballots are still being counted to determine who will be Washington state's next governor, but if residents are getting antsy, they're not showing it.
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Democrat Christine Gregoire, the three-term state attorney general who fought America&#39;s tobacco industry, Internet porn and schoolyard bullying, becomes Washington&#39;s governor-elect on Thursday, by a scant 129 votes out of more than 2.8 million cast.
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DES MOINES, Dec. 31 -- The tense and unpredictable three-way Democratic battle in Iowa got a surprising jolt late Monday when a new poll showed Sen. Barack Obama widening his lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former senator John Edwards.
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Republican Dino Rossi came out ahead of Democrat Christine Gregoire on Wednesday in the recount for Washington governor, but Democrats are expected to demand yet another recount.