Wash. Democrats to fund recount for governor
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OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington Democrats will finance a full hand recount of 2.9 million ballots cast for governor more than a month ago, the party announced Friday.
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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 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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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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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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In what may be their last hope of reclaiming an evaporated lead in the Washington governor&#39;s race before turning to the courts, Republicans have asked county auditors statewide to reconsider ballots that were rejected on Election Day.
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Washington state&#39;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
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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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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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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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For Dino Rossi, a 42-vote lead was enough to declare victory in the Washington governor's race. Christine Gregoire, however, begged to differ. And so, with a slim margin and a candidate unwilling to concede Wednesday, the state probably has another recount &#151; a third &#151; to look forward to.
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Recount results make Democrat Christine Gregoire the apparent and unofficial winner in the Washington governor's race.
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President Bush's campaign is urging election regulators to allow it and rival John Kerry to raise unlimited individual donations to cover costs for a possible recount, as Bush and rival Al Gore could in 2000.
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Washington Attorney General Christine Gregoire won the state&#39;s governor&#39;s race by 130 votes, according to a hand recount that overturned a 42-vote victory initially awarded to Republican Dino Rossi.
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The cliffhanger in Washington State seems to have a winner: the Democratic candidate, Christine Gregoire.
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In what might be their last hope of reclaiming an evaporated lead in the Washington governorâs race before turning to the courts, Republicans have asked county auditors statewide to reconsider ballots that were rejected on Election Day.
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DEMOCRAT WINS: Christine Gregoire defeated Republican Dino Rossi by 130 votes in the second and final recount in the Washington governor's race.