This normally liberal state could be on the verge of a conservative win for the Governor’s job. Republican Rossi has won another recount—but yet another, final recount may be called.
Republican Dino Rossi came out ahead of Democrat Christine Gregoire by just 42 votes Wednesday in the recount for Washington governor, but the Democrats are expected to demand yet another recount.
The contest was the nation’s last undecided race for the governor.
The machine recount of 2.8 million ballots left Rossi just 42 votes ahead of Gregoire, the state attorney general. That makes it the closest governor’s race in Washington history.
Rossi had also won the original count, but his 261-vote margin was so small it triggered an automatic recount.
The Republicans called on Gregoire to concede and not drag the state through a third count that could stretch until Christmas week or longer. But even before the last big surge of ballots was tallied, Democrats had signaled they would seek a hand recount in at least part of the state.
People who didn’t vote should be forced to do the counting.
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