Washington Governors Race (takes a slight turn)

Seattle PI ^ | November 15,2004

[Northwesterner]

current 51 Today 54/44 Tues. 50/41 5-day forecast

November 15, 2004 -- 5:38 p.m. PT

Governor's race: Still too close to call The state's new totals in the governor's race give Chris Gregoire a 324-vote lead over Dino Rossi. See the latest numbers...

[skaterboy]

Next scheduled report(s): Kittitas (750) overdue; Whitman (600) @3pm; Well here's an interesting surprise. King County, which claimed earlier to have 11,000 uncounted ballots, today reported 15,000 votes and claims there's another 4,000 ballots remaining. This narrows Rossi's projected lead, but doesn't predict a Gregoire victory. Of course, our model doesn't take into account the surprise discovery of thousands of previously non-existent ballots.

POSTED THIS TWICE BECAUSE ITS BOTH LAUGHABLE AND SCARY

[Jerry Attrick]

My understanding is that the Libertarian is a lesbian gay activist. If that is true, I think that the votes she drew would probably have gone Gregoire.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Libertarian 62439 Gregroire should send them a thank you card.

I am a small-l libertarian, and I don't think much of the Libertarian Party, but in this (Wash. governor) election, I think the Libertarian candidate ran on a gay-rights platform that probably drew more D votes than Rs.

[CWOJackson]

She didn't campaign as a lesbian gay activist, but as an alternative to the GOP. The LP concentrated their advertising on conservative markets, which was in keeping with their national effort to play spoiler as well.

[DM1]

ya i have been ranting about the LIbertarians for awhile now. Schmucks cut off their nose to spite their face - they Nadered this race alright

[CWOJackson]

See #24.

[tubebender]

Don't forget to mention the 54,000 votes for the libertarian candidate that will likely get a Dem elected...

[chesty_puller]

Libertarian 62439 Gregroire should send them a thank you card.

They would use it to roll a dube.

[7mmMag@LeftCoast]

King County will make absolutely sure that they have the LAST 10,000 ballots to count, whatever it takes to ensure that Gregoire wins.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Rossi is down by 158 now.

[DeFault User]

Somehow I missed the explanation for why these results take weeks instead of hours. Were the ballots put through a paper shredder?

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

No, they can't. They had 4000 left, last word I heard. They dumped a bunch today, and that's why Gregoire went up. They're about done.

[7mmMag@LeftCoast]

My dear, I pray that you are correct. Rossi winning is as important for Washington as Bush winning is for America.

[Chieftain]

Thanks for pulling a Ross Perot, Libertarians! < /sarcasm>

[CWOJackson]

In this state it would be called pulling a Maria Cantwell...they've done it before.

[Northwesterner]

I think that all votes must be "verified" by Wednesday.
After Wed it WILL be courts, suing, fist fight, suicide and so on. This will last for weeks. Then Rossi wins (I predict)

[Iam1ru1-2]

GOVERNOR'S RACE: County by County: 

County  Christine Gregoire(D)  Dino Rossi(R)  Ruth Bennett(L) 
Adams           1513              3437             78 
Asotin          3514              4889            192 
Benton         19276             43616           1065 
Chelan          9959             18261            511 
Clallam        16171             18767            913 
Clark          72718             85807           4120 
Columbia         619              1271             32 
Cowlitz        20165             20036           1088 
Douglas         4356              8657            218 
Ferry           1268              1894            118 
Franklin        4833             10395            217 
Garfield         424               839             24 
Grant           7773             17314            530 
Grays Harbor   16276             16507            670 
Island         16514             19472            783 
Jefferson      10570              7262            462 
King (Seattle)502537            348982          18756 
Kitsap         56036             57602           3092 
Kittitas        5903              9212            253 
Klickitat       3848              4691            252 
Lewis          10205             20740            752 
Lincoln         1849              3681            100 
Mason          11691             12370            668 
Okanogan        6099              9448            465 
Pacific         5185              4710            294 
Pend Oreille    2547              3344            178 
Pierce(Tacoma)144825            157334           7214 
San Juan        5787              3605            309 
Skagit         20546             24075           1055 
Skamania        2224              2508            176 
Snohomish     138837            145319           6833 
Spokane        90404            105370           3871 
Stevens         6796             11895            544 
Thurston       57526             48168           2468 
Wahkiakum        991              1093             60 
Walla Walla     7808             14020            366 
Whatcom        42363             40652           2030 
Whitman         7236              8842            405 
Yakima         23679             44628           1277 

Totals       1360871           1360713          62439

            (48.88%)          (48.87%)        (2.24%) 

 

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I'm sure about King County being down to 4000 votes (if it's not currently 4000, it's less, not more); keep your fingers crossed for us!

[Northwesterner]

Anything under 2000 votes is an automatic recount

[PullingToTheRight]

Gregoire is up right now. A little over a week ago I created an excel spreadsheet that applied the same % of votes to the uncounted votes that each candidate already received for each county in Washington state. I have been tracking the % on a county by county basis. It has held (including King County) for a week.

The Prediction : ROSSI WINS BY 3566 or more votes. Don't throw in the towel just yet. The uncounted in the rural counties are small numbers but they all add to the total and Rossi has a landslide in the rural counties.