Now, I know that they're still counting absentee ballots and may count provisionals, but this is the exact same scenario as in 2000 with the Cantwell/Gorton senate race, where Gorton eventually lost by just a few hundred votes.
This is one to keep an eye on... as a Washingtonian of almost 5 years now, it'd be delightful to have a (R) governor for a change!
do you have any automatic recount rules?
Still praying for this one....Rossi just has to come through.....
Reminds me rather of Tim Johnson (D-SD)'s Senate victory in 2002 over Thune. Thune was up in the polls slightly with all or nearly all precincts counted ... and then suddenly thousands of Johnson votes magically appeared from reservations, with an even higher-than-last-time Democratic voting rate therein. Those ballots put Johnson over Thune.
WTH? NOOOOOOO! Thanks a lot Bennett.
We had better recount those ballots. I live in WA also and I am tired of the libs chasing business out of the state.
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The Snohomish County election results site doesn't say when it was updated, but does say that interim results over the next few daya are to be available at 5 pm.
If McKenna has any degree of integrity, Gregoire won't be governor for long, even if she wins the election. I guess we migh find out just how honest mcKenna is, won't we?
Hey, ya all! We have a BIG senate race coming up in 2006, to try and get rid of Maria Cantwell. I'm wondering what the Washington FReeper consensus is for considering recruiting Alan Keyes to come out here and run as our Republican Candidate? Thoughts?
Good grief, are these results being transferred by carrier pidgeon? I've never seen states so slow in counting ballots. Has NM ever reported theirs today? Perhaps people from TX need to go over and help them count! Also haven't seen anything on Iowa 24 hrs. after election day. These places need to get a better system before '08!
Currently, Dino is ahead with several hundred votes. Have faith about Dino winning. Sam Reed was just on talk radio KVI 570 and explained that 900K ballots are yet to be counted and only 300K are from King County. Most of the remaining 600K ballots outside King county are expected to tip in favor of Dino.
Even a large number of the King county ballots are considered to be from rural parts...this is very encouraging. Given all that, Sam thinks Dino will win by a slim margin. Sounds like we will know by Friday! This should be an outcome worth the wait!
That's how it always goes in these close Washington elections. They always find a bunch of Democrat votes right at the end.
Something is seriously wrong here. With 99% reporting, the Republican was up by 1,100 votes. They added an extra percent and now the dem is up 15,000.. It's as if 95% of the last precincts voted dem! I hope Bush can sent a few lawyers out to washington to stop the dems from stealing a governor's seat.
Another Democrat elected by a Libertarian...the RATs' favorite Third Party!
No (L) and it's Rossi easily. I guess it's much better to elect someone who agrees with you 10% of the time to "make a point" to the someone who agrees with you 90% of the time. Sure...now THAT makes sense.
C'mon, go ahead and flame me with all of the philosophical reasons why the people of Washington have to suffer for 4 years so Libertarians can feel morally superior. I'm waiting.
Yeah, I've been here for the entire 24 years since the last Republican Governor won (and even before that). Too much King County out there for Rossi to pull it out. King County overrules the entire state. Rossi will win 36 of 39 counties handily -- and barely lose in two small ones. But the 60% of the vote Gregoire will get in King County overwhelms the rest of the state's votes. It's a bummer. The rest of the state should secede and leave King County on its own.
Egg suckin' dog Losertarians!
There'll be a recount. If Christine Grigoire prevails, blame it on brain-dead liberals in Kings County, the same folks who've given WA State Patty Murray and John Kerry. It would be shame if the GOP can't win the Governor's Office in the Evergreen State.
Can you say "STEAL"? We GOTTA do something about this! Provisional ballots are a joke! Well, the only ones laughing are those who are stealing the election! Sam Reed was re-elected. Time for him to FIX the system of FRAUD.
And that's all I have to say about that.
YES!...It would be nice to be known for the state where a Republican got elected in a sea of radical socialists instead of the home of the 20 foot high statue of Lenin in Fremont!....
Well, Don't hold your breath for a Rep. Gov. Pierce, Thurston, King and Snohomish Counties will see to it that they get a Dem, regardless of what the rest of the state wants. To many indians and minorities in those counties to override the will of the rest of the state.
Oh oh. Sounds like Oregon's computer bug has crossed the wide Columbia ----- Always breaks down when Republicans are in the lead and WHAMMO! The demonKrats win again!