http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/so_hows_gregoire_doing In 2004, in King County, Christine Gregoire beat Dino Rossi in the general election by only about 100,000 votes. Gregoire needs to do much better than that this year to avoid another mess of a tight statewide race—or even a loss. And with just 12 percent of the votes counted in King County, it looks like Gregoire will indeed get a much bigger margin of victory in this year's primary than she did in last cycle's general. Which bodes well for her. Right now, Gregoire is leading Rossi in King County by about 30,000 votes. Extrapolating from that, and assuming... Copyright 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:00:19 -0800 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:33:54 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss No doubt...since she spent the last 4 years hiring everyone in King County into a State government position.

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/so_hows_gregoire_doing#c1108876 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/so_hows_gregoire_doing#c1108876 Election Night Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:06:20 -0800 either the wine is going to my head, or you have too many zeroes in the 2004 margin.

]]> Gidge http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/so_hows_gregoire_doing#c1108887 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/so_hows_gregoire_doing#c1108887 Election Night Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:28:34 -0800 doh! i missed the "in king county" part. sorry, i guess it's the wine.

]]> Gidge http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/so_hows_gregoire_doing#c1108888 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/so_hows_gregoire_doing#c1108888 Election Night Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:29:50 -0800 Um, I've got a shirt upstairs that says it was only a couple of hundred votes she beat him by - 100,000 would be a LOT better.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/so_hows_gregoire_doing#c1108985 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/so_hows_gregoire_doing#c1108985 Election Night Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:33:54 -0800