Governor-Elect Declared in Washington Recounts
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Fifty-eight days after the election, Christine O. Gregoire was declared the governor-elect of Washington on Thursday, the official winner by an infinitesimal margin after two recounts in a historically close race.
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After a bruising election and two recounts, Democrat Christine Gregoire emerged as the winner by a 130-vote margin in Washington state&#39;s astonishingly close governor&#39;s race.
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The secretary of state ordered an unprecedented statewide hand recount Monday in the closest gubernatorial race in state history.
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Democrat Christine Gregoire won the Washington governor's race by a 130-vote margin out of 2.9 million ballots cast, according to final recount results announced Thursday from Seattle's King County, the last of the state's 39 counties to report.
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Republican Dino Rossi was certified as  the winner of the Washington governor's race on Tuesday, but  Democrats were expected to request a hand recount in the  closest gubernatorial election in the state's history.
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Democratic Attorney General Christine Gregoire celebrated Thursday as Washington&#39;s governor-elect and pledged to unite residents divided by
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Washington Democrat Christine Gregoire was declared winner of the governor&#39;s race by 129 votes, continuing the party&#39;s two-decade hold on the office after a recount of votes that reversed a Republican victory.
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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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Republican Dino Rossi came out ahead in the recount for Washington governor Wednesday by just 42 votes out of more than 2.8 million cast, and the Democrats are expected to demand yet another recount that could drag on past Christmas.
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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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Dozens of election observers kept close watch Friday on teams of vote counters in King County as Washington state's largest county began its tedious hand recount of the governor's race.
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With the Republican holding a margin of fewer than 100 votes, officials counted several thousand final ballots Wednesday to determine who will be Washington state's next governor.
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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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Administrators are hoping that the victor in this year's presidential election will win by a wide margin. A close race, they fear, will result in more charges of voter fraud and demands for recounts. Kim Zetter reports from Washington.
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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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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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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.