Democrats Win Ballots Case in Washington Governor Race
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Democrats in Washington state, fearing  their candidate may lose a governor's race as ballot counting  continued 10 days after the vote, got a court order on Friday  to stop the state's largest county from discarding hundreds of  ballots.
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Never in Washington state has a governor's race been so close.
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After a bitter and protracted recount fight in the Washington state governor&#39;s race, elections officials announced yesterday that the Democratic candidate, Christine O. Gregoire, was
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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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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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The cliffhanger in Washington State seems to have a winner: the Democratic candidate, Christine Gregoire.
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The closest governor's race in Washington history was forced into a recount Wednesday as counties finished tallying the ballots and found only a few votes separating the candidates out of 2.8 million cast.
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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 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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Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed ordered a recount of the state&#39;s gubernatorial race on Wednesday after the final tally showed only 261 votes separated the top two candidates.
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Recount Begins in Wash. Governor&#39;s Race; Republican Dino Rossi Led by 261 Votes in First Count. Govs.-elect Matt Blunt of Missouri, left, and Dino Rossi of Washington, confer during a break at the Republican
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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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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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Republican Dino Rossi came out on top Wednesday in the recount of Washington state&#39;s extremely tight gubernatorial race. The Seattle Times reported that Rossi&#39;s margin over Democrat
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Republican Dino Rossi came out ahead of Democrat Christine Gregoire on Wednesday in the recount for Washington governor, but Democrats are expected to demand yet another recount.
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With an open governor's seat in Washington state and two Senate seats drawing vigorous challengers, voters in eight states chose their fall candidates Tuesday in the shadow of a divisive, tight presidential contest.
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With only 28 votes separating  candidates for Governor of Washington state after a  two-week-long count, election officials said on Wednesday that  the result would likely result in a recount.