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SEATTLE (AP) — Pollster Matt Barreto says Latino and Asian-American voters were the deciding factors in Governor-elect Jay Inslee's win over Republican candidate Rob McKenna.

Barreto estimates that about 140,000 Latinos voted in these past elections. Whi

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — New ballots are having little impact on Washington's race for governor.

Election officials around the state tallied thousands of more votes Thursday, but Democrat Jay Inslee still held about 51 percent of the vote compared to 49 percent for Republican Rob McKenna

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A fresh round of ballot tallies shows little change in Washington's race for governor.

Republican Rob McKenna said Wednesday that he believed late ballots would break in his direction

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state's race for governor remains too close to call, with hundreds of thousands of ballots left to count.

Early results Tuesday night showed Democrat Jay Inslee with a slight lead over Republican Rob McKenna

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The Seattle Times Co. began an active campaign Wednesday to support Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna and gay marriage, part of a push to demonstrate the effectiveness of newspaper political advertising

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SEATTLE (AP) — Washington's candidates for governor are preparing to meet in their highest-profile debate.

Democrat Jay Inslee and Republican Rob McKenna will discuss the issues Thursday night in Seattle

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Gubernatorial candidates Rob McKenna and Jay Inslee went head to head Tuesday night at the Yakima Convention Center, trying to court voters in one of the most heated races for the governor's seat in Washington in decades. They went back and forth on issues like taxes, healthcare, and the economy. Being that it’s just 32 days fr

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DOVER, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is heading west this week to lend his support to a host of Republican candidates, including presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

Christie begins his whirlwind tour on Thursday in Washington, where he will appear at three events for gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — What happens when you have an open primary election and less than half of the voters show up?

You end up with results in a hotly contested governor's race that everyone wants to dissect for clues about what will happen come November and the expected larger turnout

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Tacoma, Wash. (AP) - Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Rob McKenna has unveiled a plan that would spend an additional $1.7 billion on the state's public education obligations and higher education through 2015

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