Dems Claim Win in Wash. Governor's Race

[AmyStrange]

Dems Claim Win in Wash. Governor's Race
By REBECCA COOK, Associated Press Writer

FROM: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=1&u=/ap/20041222/ap_on_re_us/governor_recount
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Democrats have claimed victory in the race for Washington governor by a razor-thin margin of eight votes, citing preliminary results of a hand recount they say puts Christine Gregoire in front for the first time. Republicans maintained the race was still too close to call.

The stunning turnaround was reported late Tuesday by the head of the state Democratic Party, who said party officials' analysis of hand-counted returns from King County — the last county to finish the grueling process — showed that Gregoire had eclipsed the dwindling margin that Republican Dino Rossi has held since Election Day.

"We're confident Christine Gregoire has been elected the governor of the state of Washington," Democratic Chairman Paul Berendt said. "I believe Dino Rossi should concede."

Neither King County nor the state Republican Party could confirm the recount results that led to the Democrats' analysis. GOP officials have said they were likely to take the matter to court in the event of a Gregoire win.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

woo, woo!

:toast:

[fertilizeonarbusto]

1. woo, woo!

:toast:

[OnlyInAmerica]

2. 8 Vote margin

Me thinks we haven't seen the last of the recounts. The Repugs will have this one tied up in court by the end of the day

[Kota]

3. This is great news. One for the good guys.

[Moderator]

4. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1090799&mesg_id=1090799