My old California buddy Stefan Sharkansky has been doing a great job bird-dogging a Washington State governor’s race that’s seen some pretty dubious developments coming out of Democratic Party stronghold King County, home of Seattle. First they find an unexpected cache of 10,000 ballots show up out of the blue in the last few days of the count, and on the last day one of their judges approved 400 invalid absentee and provisional ballots specially rounded-up by the Democratic Party, but the good guy Dino Rossi wins anyway by a margin of 261 votes. An automatic recount ensues in any election this close unless the loser concedes and I don’t much expect that to happen. If Rossi can withstand the dirty tricks, he’s the first Republican governor in 20 years in this state, and he’ll likely be a good one according to those who know him from the state senate.
Congratulations to Governor-elect Rossi and to the Shark for helping to keep the count honest.
So, is it certified yet?
No, they’re doing the recount right now, and are supposed to be finished Tuesday or so. I expect the Dems to pull a lot of shenanigans in the days to come.