The candidate—if that’s what you’d still call him—stood before reporters at his campaign headquarters and spoke only briefly. He took no questions. It was all over, he acknowledged. The only thing now was for his opponent to get a fair chance in office.
“It’s important to the state of Washington that she is successful in implementing her campaign promises,” said Dino Rossi, officially putting an end to the closest gubernatorial race in the history of the United States.
How close was it? Rossi’s concession speech did not happen on Election Night, or even in 2004, the same calendar year. It happened in June 2005, after three counts, numerous lawsuits, and
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