Washington Republican Declared Governor-Elect as Recount Looms
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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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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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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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Democrat Christine Gregoire's improbable rally in the marathon Washington governor's race picked up steam on two fronts: in a hand recount that nudged her 10 votes into the lead, and in a court ruling likely to land even more ballots in her column.
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Republican Dino Rossi has a 42-vote lead over Democratic state Attorney General Christine Gregoire in the race to become governor of Washington, according to a recount of ballots that may be challenged by Democrats.
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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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The cliffhanger in Washington State seems to have a winner: the Democratic candidate, Christine Gregoire.
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Republican Party leaders yesterday laid the groundwork for a possible challenge of Democrat Christine Gregoire&#39;s victory over Dino Rossi in the hand recount for governor, claiming a number of irregularities in the way King County handled ballots.
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Never in Washington state has a governor's race been so close.
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Republicans on Monday laid the groundwork to contest the gubernatorial election, airing a litany of allegations and concerns over the way the election and its three counts were administered, particularly in King County.
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The race for governor of Washington was still undecided Saturday as a recount got under way. When all the state's counties reported their tallies last Wednesday, Republican Dino Rossi had only 261 more votes than Democrat Christine Gregoire, out of some 2.8 million ballots. State law requires a machine recount when the margin is less than 2,000 votes.
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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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Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed  ordered a recount of the state's gubernatorial race on  Wednesday after the final tally showed only 261 votes separated  the top two candidates.
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Democrat Christine Gregoire finished 130 votes ahead in the roller-coaster Washington governor&#39;s race after results of a hand recount including disputed ballots were released Thursday by King County.
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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'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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SEATTLE -- Republican Dino Rossi has won the recount in the Washington governor&#39;s race, beating Democrat Christine Gregoire by a tiny fraction of the votes cast.