Washington: Gregoire on top in recount, GOP vows fight

Lexington Herald-Leader

12/23/04

After a bitter and protracted recount fight in the Washington state governor's race, elections officials announced yesterday that the Democratic candidate, Christine O. Gregoire, was leading her Republican opponent by 10 votes -- a minuscule margin but a stunning reversal of the Nov. 2 election results. ... Official results from the manual recount will not be announced until today, after King County reviews ... 723 disputed ballots. Republicans, who fought hard to keep those ballots out of the tally, were already vowing yesterday to press election officials to consider several hundred other disqualified ballots cast in other counties...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp