The race for governor in Washington is still ongoing. The hand recount, the checking of every single vote (hopefully) in the state, has commenced and some interesting results have occurred.
Only three counties have reported and their combined results give Dino Rossi a net gain of +5. However, they are all counties that went for him in the general election.
Garfield- 428 Gregoire, 840 Rossi (no change)
Mason-11,797 Gregoire, 12,519 Rossi (G + 9, R + 12)
Skamania-2,233 Gregoire, 2,525 Rossi (G +1, R +3)
I would love to hear what people, especially Washington residents, have to say about this and if this really expected. Of course, I know that King county will most likely be the deciding factor.
This is a great site for the results
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/politics/results/2004/govrecount.html
Heres a good story too about the recount and pending lawsuit
Seattle Times Story