Wahoo! Gregoire suddenly ahead in Washington by 657 votes

[BlueStatesForever]

as of 4:30 on 11/15.

http://vote.wa.gov/general/statewide_results.aspx?o=7FR30bVZqpnn5rCqJv1pVg%3d%3d

I know I could have posted on the Washington forum, but I wanted the world to know!

[flamingyouth]

1. Again I say

HOO-FREAKING-RAY! :bounce:

[pk_du]

2. Great news...when is counting due to finish?

[BlueStatesForever]

12. 11/17 is deadline to certify votes

[Union Thug]

3. TWO THUMBS WAY UP! let's hope it stands.

4. all right!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ogradda]

5. o please....

please stay ahead now please please please....

[Liberal Veteran]

6. Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please.....

I so don't want that fuckwad Rossi.

[KT2000]

9. Wow! that was weird

we had the same subject line at the same time

:toast

[KT2000]

7. oh please - oh please - oh please!

it just has to hold

[RevolutionaryActs]

8. YAY!

I don't really like her, but my god she's still better then a Republican!

[BlueStatesForever]

10. Especially Rossi -- what a scum.

[glitch]

11. Wanna bet when his loss is official - he DOESN'T ask for a hand recount?nt

[LisaM]

13. good Good GOOD

I checked at about 415 and she was down 1976 votes.

[bullimiami]

14. thank heaven for small miracles.

[Awsi Dooger]

15. At the end of counting Monday, Gregoire leads by 158 votes

Amazing turn of events on Monday. King County (Seattle) announced an additional 21,000 votes it had not counted. That county favors Gregoire roughly 63-37%. Prior to Monday, even Democratic state officials believed the election models, projecting a Rossi win of about 3000 votes.

Now this race is a near toss up. Some models still project a Rossi win of about 1300 votes, but concede the makeup of the outstanding votes is more unclear. King County counted 17,000 of the additional 21,000 on Monday, leaving 4000 remaining among the 20,000 estimated votes to be counted. Most of the ballots are in counties generally favoring Rossi, but most are also provisional and absentee ballots, which tend to favor Gregoire more than standard votes.

We are likely headed toward a recount, automatic if the margin is below 2000. For reference purposes, Maria Cantwell gained 306 votes in her 2000 senatorial recount versus Slade Gordon in Washington.

[Awsi Dooger]

16. At the end of counting Monday, Gregoire leads by 158 votes

Amazing turn of events on Monday. King County (Seattle) announced an additional 21,000 votes it had not counted. That county favors Gregoire roughly 63-37%. Prior to Monday, even Democratic state officials believed the election models, projecting a Rossi win of about 3000 votes.

Now this race is a near toss up. Some models still project a Rossi win of about 1300 votes, but concede the makeup of the outstanding votes is more unclear. King County counted 17,000 of the additional 21,000 on Monday, leaving 4000 remaining among the 20,000 estimated votes to be counted. Most of the ballots are in counties generally favoring Rossi, but most are also provisional and absentee ballots, which tend to favor Gregoire more than standard votes.

We are likely headed toward a recount, automatic if the margin is below 2000. For reference purposes, Maria Cantwell gained 306 votes in her 2000 senatorial recount versus Slade Gordon in Washington.

[Awsi Dooger]

21. Whoops, sorry for the dupe

My browser had an error message indicating neither post went through

[DuaneBidoux]

17. Help a Texan out: Is this for Gov, state Senate? what?

[fujiyama]

18. Governor

n/t

[DuaneBidoux]

20. Thanks

n/t

[NurseLefty]

19. Hyperventilating!

OK, breathing sloooowly. I hope, I REALLY hope Gregoire pulls through. Rossi is a bible thumper in nice guy's clothing... He will turn Washington into a red state, whether the rest of us want it or not.
If he wins, the loonies in the sticks will proclaim it as "God's Will"... please, don't let this happen! :scared: :scared: :scared:

[Romberry]

22. The margin has shrunk to 148 votes...

...as of 5:59 PM PST.

[Zorra]

23. Check this out from the PI:

Gregoire edged ahead by 158 votes out of more than 3 million cast, after days of trailing Rossi. Democrats celebrated when they heard that election officials in King County - which favors Gregoire - discovered they had 10,000 more uncounted ballots than previously estimated.
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On Monday morning, King County estimated it had about 11,000 votes remaining to count. But that estimate was revised upward to 21,000.
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Bobbie Egan, spokeswoman for the King County elections office, said the county verified more provisional ballots than expected and absentee ballot turnout was higher than projected. Election workers counted 17,000 ballots Monday, so 4,000 remain to be counted. Wednesday is the deadline for counties to certify their election results to the secretary of state.
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Across the state, about 22,000 votes remain to be counted. Of the six counties with more than a thousand votes outstanding, three favor Rossi - Benton, Skagit and Yakima - and three favor Gregoire - King, Thurston and Whatcom.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Wash%20Governor

[tommcintyre]

24. Very nice!