Just in case you thought she won.....
Here are a few facts for you on why Gregoire lost.
1. In a straight comparison, B. Owen (D) received 70,144 more votes than C. Gregoire.
2. In a straight comparison, J. Kerry (D) received 137,759 more votes than C. Gregoire.
3. In a straight comparison, P. Murray (D) received 176,347 more votes than C. Gregoire.
4. In a straight comparison, M. Murphy (D) received 202,138 more votes than C. Gregoire.
5. In a straight comparison, B. Sonntag (D) received 295,214 more votes than C. Gregoire.
6. King County has found more votes, after the election, than the rest of the state combined
by a factor of 6.
7. King county has found more votes in the 2004 election, than it had found in the last three
prior presidential elections, combined.

All 5 of the Democrats named above, campaigned for C. Gregoire including public fund raisers.

The only other well known (ie: held office more than one term) Democrat to get fewer votes was
Deborah Senn, who received 209,397 fewer votes than Gregoire. Please note that C. Gregoire
did not endorse Senn.

PS: these are the numbers from the official Washington state elections website.
http://vote.wa.gov/general/default.aspx
- posted by Mike @ 9:38 PM