Democrat Declared Winner in Wash. State Gov. Race
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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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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 Stateâs 78 delegates are highly coveted by the Democratic contenders; the state holds caucuses on Saturday.
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Democratic observer Noel Frame, second left, goes over the tally of recounted ballots from King County with Superintendent of Elections Bill Huennekens, at an elections tabulating center in Seattle Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004.
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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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Democrats were winning the battle for control of the state House and Senate as election results rolled in Wednesday, though thousands of uncounted absentee ballots could still flip the results in several close races.
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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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Republican Dino Rossi held onto his lead for Washington governor Wednesday by a mere 42 votes out of more than 2.8 million cast after a statewide recount in a race that has become one of the most intriguing story lines of this election season.
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A six-term incumbent congressman emerged Saturday as the apparent winner of a hotly contested primary after officials finished counting more than 11,000 provisional ballots.
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Democrat Christine Gregoire won the Washington governor's race by 130 votes 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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OLYMPIA, Wash_ Edged out of the closest governorÂ´s race in state history, Republican Dino Rossi urged his opponent to accept a revote, saying the uncertainty surrounding the back-and-forth election was bad for the state.
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Democrat Christine Gregoire, the three-term state attorney general who fought America's tobacco industry, Internet porn and schoolyard bullying, becomes Washington's governor-elect on Thursday, by a scant 129 votes out of more than 2.8 million cast.
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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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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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A month and a day after voters went to the polls, the closest governor&#39;s race in Washington state history -- and one of the nation&#39;s closest-ever statewide contests -- lurched
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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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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.