Rossi, Gregoire tie in December [Washington GOV]

The Olympian ^ | January 7, 2004 | PAUL QUEARY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

[JohnnyZ]

OLYMPIA -- Former state Sen. Dino Rossi and Attorney General Christine Gregoire each raised more than $300,000 in December toward their runs for governor, their campaigns said Tuesday.

That still leaves Rossi, a Republican, well behind Gregoire, a Democrat. But Rossi can continue to raise money through the winter, while Gregoire is subject to a freeze on raising money.

[JohnnyZ]

Sounds like Rossi is holding his own . . . I think he'll do quite well, though it's an uphill race obviously. He gets to run against the status quo of Democrat governors and perpetually high unemployment.

[JohnnyZ]

Hopefully we can get more traffic on the Campaign Central forum PING

Tossed pings to some Washington folks, hope y'all don't mind.

[bigfootbob]

Rossi can win. He has to figure out a way to use Gregoire's abysmal record against her without having a "Rick Lazio" moment. Hopefully Talmage and Sims will sling the mud hard in the dim primary and Rossi will benefit.

[Abram]

I sure hope that you are right. She has the woman issue going for her and Dino has the R after his name. Oh my goodness, Washington has not had a Republican Governor in over 20 years. I can't believe Dunn did not run for this...she would have had a better chance, but still, as an R, she too would have had an uphill battle.

Rossi has no name recognition. Carlson had at least that...but a lot of baggage. The AG has some baggage too. Too bad this is not Deborah Senn running...even many Demoncrats that I know would not vote for her. Or least that is what they claim...but they say the same thing for Murray and she keeps getting reelected.