What seems odd to me is that Rossi won many of these districts (albeit some by small margins) and there seem to be a disproportionate number of Dem legislators.
What gives?
Is it a case of ticket-splitting by voters...or did the GOP run poor candidates for office?
Anyone?
Ticket splitting. Gregoire is not popular even in her own party. Dino hewed to the middle and tried very hard not to scare moderate Democrats and independents. It worked, otherwise Gregoire would have won in a landslide.