by the numbers
Here’s the difference of votes in each of Washington’s 39 counties for Republican Dino Rossi and Democrat Chris Gregoire in the state’s gubernatorial race as of Tuesday evening:
| Adams | Rossi + 1,924 |
| Asotin | Rossi +1,375 |
| Benton* | Rossi +24,784 |
| Chelan* | Rossi +8,358 |
| Clallam | Rossi +2,596 |
| Clark | Rossi +13,089 |
| Columbia | Rossi +652 |
| Cowlitz* | Gregoire +143 |
| Douglas* | Rossi +4,305 |
| Ferry | Rossi +626 |
| Franklin | Rossi +5,562 |
| Garfield | Rossi +415 |
| Grant | Rossi +9,541 |
| Grays Harbor* | Gregoire +164 |
| Island* | Rossi +3,104 |
| Jefferson* | Gregoire +3,346 |
| King* | Gregoire +154,018 |
| Kitsap* | Rossi +1,572 |
| Kittitas* | Rossi +3,433 |
| Klickitat* | Rossi +843 |
| Lewis | Rossi +10,535 |
| Lincoln | Rossi +1,832 |
| Mason* | Rossi +718 |
| Okanogan* | Rossi +3,351 |
| Pacific | Gregoire +475 |
| Pend Oreille | Rossi +797 |
| Pierce | Rossi +12,509 |
| San Juan | Gregoire +2,182 |
| Skagit* | Rossi +3,889 |
| Skamania | Rossi +284 |
| Snohomish* | Rossi +6,482 |
| Spokane* | Rossi +14,984 |
| Stevens | Rossi +5,099 |
| Thurston* | Gregoire +9,521 |
| Wahkiakum | Rossi +102 |
| Walla Walla* | Rossi +6,281 |
| Whatcom* | Gregoire +2,092 |
| Whitman* | Rossi +1,611 |
| Yakima* | Rossi +21,307 |
| Total | Rossi +19 |
* Counted absentee ballots on Tuesday
Source: Washington Secretary of State