No need to guess!:)
Don't be so confident. Washington is a very liberal state. Washington has had a long history with the Democratic party. Washington has had Democrat governor since 1985 and the political makeup of the state includes having both Washington US Senators as Democrats, six of nine Washington Representatives as Democrats, 26 of 49 state senators as Democrats, and 55 of 97 state representatives as Democrats. Remember that 4/5 of the state lives within 50 miles of Seattle. The people of Washington want a Democrat. The fact that Dino Rossi came so close to defeating Christine Gregoire goes to show how poor of a candidate she was. The people, nor the Democratic-party seated courts, are not going to support putting a Republican as governor if they can help it. Unless you've lived in Seattle it is hard to understand how deep liberalism runs in Washington.
On a side note, paradoxically, Washington has one of the best Concealed Weapons Permit laws in the country (makes me sad that I am moving to Illinois which makes California's CWP laws look conservative).