Gregoire Named Governor-Elect
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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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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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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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With all the votes tallied after a recount in the roller coaster race for governor, Christine O. Gregoire, the Democrat who had trailed in the campaign and in a previous
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U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal won the Louisiana governor's race Saturday, becoming the nation's youngest governor and the first non-white to hold the state's post since Reconstruction.
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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  - Republican Bobby Jindal was sworn in on Monday as governor of Louisiana to become the first Indian-American elected head of a U.S. state.
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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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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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Republican Dino Rossi and the state GOP announced Friday they will contest the gubernatorial election that gave his Democratic foe, Christine Gregoire, a 129-vote victory.
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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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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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Officials said that the Democratic candidate, Christine O. Gregoire, was now leading her Republican opponent by 10 votes.
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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.
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The outgoing French finance minister has been confirmed as the new head of President Jacques Chirac's governing party.
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Florida Rep. Jim DavisÃ¢ÂÂ victory in TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs Democratic primary for governor was the latest success among the large group of House members who have sought their partiesÃ¢ÂÂ gubernatorial nominations this year.
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Los Angeles Times - SEATTLE &#8212; Washington's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that 735 newly discovered ballots in liberal-leaning King County must be counted, tipping the state's closest-ever gubernatorial election to Democrat Christine Gregoire.
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Republican Dino Rossi, who lost the closest race for governor in U.S. history in 2004, said Thursday he'll seek a rematch with Washington Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire next year.