Democrat Declared Wash. Governor-Elect
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OLYMPIA, Wash. Dec 30, 2004 - After three vote tallies and 58 days of waiting, Democrat Christine Gregoire was declared Washington&#39;s governor-elect on Thursday.
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Democratic governors, determined to grab control of their party, said Thursday they will jointly support moderate candidates from outside Washington to lead the Democrats.
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Seven weeks after 2.8 million people  voted to elect a governor for Washington state, the Democratic  candidate took the lead by a 10-vote margin in an unprecedented  hand recount, election officials said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON &#151; With election victories behind them, Democratic governors gathered Wednesday to celebrate their first majority in 12 years, talk political strategy and share notes on the issues driving voters back at home.
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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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After a bitter and protracted recount fight in the Washington state governorâs race, elections officials announced today that the Democratic candidate, Christine O. Gregoire
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TEENSY `MANDATE&#39;: Democrat Christine Gregoire was declared governor-elect Thursday by the narrowest of margins, 129 votes out of more than 2.8 million cast.
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Election officials in some of Washington&#39;s 39 counties Saturday began a recount of the 2.8 million votes cast in the governor&#39;s race, which Republican Dino Rossi won by just 261 votes over Democrat Christine Gregoire.
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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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It took three statewide counts and a ruling by the Washington State Supreme Court to do it, but Christine Gregoire, the Democratic candidate for governor, has taken a narrow
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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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Never in Washington state has a governor's race been so close.
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The Puerto Rico elections commission on Tuesday certified that Anibel Acevedo Vila won the governor race, a victory for a politician who supports the island's status as U.S. territory.
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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 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 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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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.