How, EXACTLY, did that go down? I heard, Election Night, that the Republican had won, then I heard there were to be recounts. Finally, several days later, I heard the Democrat had won! No explanation as to what had happened---nothing. I was stunned.
For Washington State 2004, the vote difference between Dino Rossi and Christine Gregoire was 261 votes at the end of election day. There were two machine recounts which shaved the margin to about 100 votes. Christine Fraudoire then demanded a hand recount, and SHAZAM!! They had enough votes to win