UPDATE Patty Murray Wins 4th US Senate Term 51%/48%

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013349573_senate05m.html


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Sen. Patty Murray has won a fourth term, riding a wave of strong Democratic support in King County to defeat Republican challenger Dino Rossi.

As of Thursday evening, Murray was leading Rossi by more than 45,000 votes, taking 51 percent to Rossi's 49 percent. That's up from a 14,000-vote lead on Election Day.

According to a Seattle Times analysis, Rossi would need to get about 54 percent of the estimated 591,000 uncounted ballots statewide to overcome Murray's lead.

But nearly 264,000 of those ballots are in King County. Murray's already commanding lead there has only expanded since Election Day. She took 68 percent of the 69,000 King County ballots counted Thursday.

To overcome King County's heavy support for Murray, Rossi would have to take about two-thirds of the remaining ballots in the rest of the state. So far he's received 53.2 percent of those non-King County votes.

[tigereye]

1. yay, a bit more good news!

:woohoo:

[WillyT]

2. Woo Hoo !!! - K & R !!!

:woohoo:

:bounce:

:kick:

:hi:

[usregimechange]

3. k/r!

[BzaDem]

4. NICE! K & R.

[mnhtnbb]

5. Hooray!

[jillan]

6. Phewwww! Yay!