Rossi Leads Washington Governor's Race
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Republican Dino Rossi has pulled ahead of Democrat Christine Gregoire in the Washington governor's race, and he boldly announced a transition team to prepare for his possible ascent to power.
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The election was already achingly close, but the recount in the race for governor of Washington State was almost absurdly close, the results showed Wednesday.
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Rasmussen Reports - In a race that was a dead heat at 43% in early August, Lt. Governor Charles Fogarty (D) has jumped in front with a five-point lead.&nbsp; The Democrat now leads incumbent Governor Donald Carcieri (R) 46% to 41%. The Rhode Island Senate race is a toss-up.
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Recount Begins in Wash. Governor&#39;s Race; Republican Dino Rossi Led by 261 Votes in First Count. Washington Governor-elect Dino Rossi, right, listens to a Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, address by Homeland Security
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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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Washington state Attorney General Christine Gregoire jumped to a lead in very early returns for the Democratic nomination for governor in one of the hardest-fought contests Tuesday as eight states decided primaries.
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The closest governor's race in Washington history was forced into a recount Wednesday as counties finished tallying the ballots and found only a few votes separating the candidates out of 2.8 million cast.
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Washington&#39;s astonishingly close gubernatorial race is making people in other states nervous: Could it happen here? Any election in which the leading candidate has a margin of 0.009 percent, then 0.003 percent
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With an open governor's seat in Washington state and two Senate seats drawing vigorous challengers, voters in eight states chose their fall candidates Tuesday in the shadow of a divisive, tight presidential contest.
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Never in Washington state has a governor's race been so close.
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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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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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Yes, I admit it. I went all CNN-in-2000 on you two weeks ago and I called Dino Rossi governor-elect in a story. The Secretary of State had said he was.
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Republican Dino Rossi kept a razor-thin lead in the Washington governor's race as counties raced a Wednesday deadline for recounting 2.8 million ballots &#151; and girded for yet another possible recount.
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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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A busy day beckons in Washington state Wednesday, with the state Supreme Court hearing arguments on the extremely close governor's race and officials in a key county expected to finish their hand recount.
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Dino Rossi was our choice for governor. The former budget-writing state senator, with a career in the private sector, is experienced, likeable, intelligent and both mentally tough and open-minded.