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Rossi creates cyberspace 'idea bank' Story Published: May 22, 2007 at 3:10 PM PDT Story Updated: May 22, 2007 at 3:52 PM PDT By Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Republican Dino Rossi, now expecting to announce in December whether he'll seek a rematch with Gov. Chris Gregoire next year, on Tuesday announced a "Washington Idea Bank" for ordinary citizens to offer their thoughts on how to deal with the state's challenges. The former state senator, a real estate investor who lives in Sammamish, said the Internet-based brainstorming Web site will be augmented by about a dozen idea-gathering sessions...

BELLEVUE, — Dino Rossi was almost ready to throw in the towel, the Republican candidate for governor told reporters at a news conference today. If a judge had ruled last Friday that Rossi's legal challenge to Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire's election had to go through the Legislature and not the courts, Rossi said he might have given up. But the judge ruled the Republican's case could proceed. Today, Rossi said he hopes his election challenge will go to trial within a month. "We'll be able to get to the bottom of these problems with the election," Rossi said. "I believe...

Try, Try Again By NR EditorsEDITOR'S NOTE: This editorial appears in the February 14, 2005, issue of National Review.We have generally decried the recent trend toward attempts to settle elections after the fact in the courts. But the voting controversy in Washington State is a special case. As Byron York reports elsewhere in [the Feb. 14 issue of NR], it is impossible to know who truly won the Washington gubernatorial race between Republican Dino Rossi and Democrat Christine Gregoire. Gregoire has just taken office, having overtaken Rossi in a second recount. Her winning margin: 129 votes out of 2.8...

The weekly wash THE NEWS TRIBUNE Last updated: January 15th, 2005 02:40 AM NOT TOO FAST: Newly minted Gov. Christine Gregoire is putting up a brave front, but deep down she has to be feeling a little like the office temp who doesn’t know whether she’ll have a job in a few weeks. Gregoire spent Friday interviewing job candidates and hopes to have key positions in her office filled soon. Some advice to those who accept any of those jobs: Don’t burn your bridges at your current workplace, and don’t sell your house and buy another in Olympia. Rent a...

OLYMPIA -- Gov. Gary Locke and legislative Democrats proposed Wednesday that Washington adopt California's vehicle-emission standards, the toughest in the world. Locke, a two-term Democrat who leaves office in January, also announced a freeze on state government purchase of four-wheel-drive sports utility vehicles. The state motor pool will begin shifting to hybrid vehicles. The proposal to adopt California's auto standards, effective the 2009 model year, is the centerpiece of the lame-duck governor's package of bills to combat global warming.

Republican Rossi has taken a 236 vote lead over Democrat Gregroire in the WA gov. election. There are 18,566 ballots remaining to be counted with only 4,000 left in King County (Gregoire's best county). Rossi is on pace to win by 1,500 votes.