WA-Gov: Rossi ends election challenge

Daily Kos Staff

Tuesday June 07, 2005 · 8:48 AM PDT

2005/06/07 · 08:48

It's over.

Republican Dino Rossi said yesterday he would not appeal a Chelan County judge's decision that upheld Gov. Christine Gregoire's slim victory, acknowledging that after Judge John Bridges rejected all of the GOP arguments, he had little chance of prevailing.

With his wife, Terry, at his side, Republican Dino Rossi announces at a Bellevue news conference that he won't appeal a ruling against him contesting the governor's race.

"With today's decision, and because of the political makeup of the Washington state Supreme Court, which makes it almost impossible to overturn this ruling, I am ending the election contest," Rossi said at a news conference at his campaign headquarters in Bellevue.

Time to start speculating whether Rossi will challenge Sen. Cantwell next year. Rossi is about the only Republican that could make a race out of this contest. But he has repeatedly said he has no interest in moving his family to D.C. -- a sentiment I can definitely appreciate.

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