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.
And this count does not yet even include the 700 or so ballots that are currently being litigated!
Here's the AP story:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&e=1&u=/ap/20041222/ap_on_re_us/gover
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