Washington: Washington Gubernatorial Race

The September edition of the Elway Poll shows Gov. Chris Gregoire leading her opponent Dino Rossi, but by how much depends on the description. When identified as "Republican Dino Rossi", Gregoire led by ten points, 51-41, but when respondents were told that their choice was "Dino Rossi, who prefers the GOP Party", he cut the lead to four, 48-44. With the numbers combined Gregoire leads by eight, 50-42.

Gov. Chris Gregoire and her Republican challenger Dino Rossi will both appear at a forum sponsored by Arc of Spokane tonight in Spokane, Jim Camden has reported.

The event is merely a joint appearance of the two candidates where they will have a total of ten minutes apiece to answer three questions that were proposed to them in advance. It is not a debate, a series of which will begin between the two gubernatorial candidates this Saturday in Seattle.

The latest poll from Rasmussen Reports shows Republican Dino Rossi leading Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire by six percentage points, 52 to 46. It marks the first time since February that Rossi has led in the monthly Rasmussen tracking poll, and the first time that he has broken the 50 percent barrier. Rossi had been mired at 43 percent for three consecutive months prior to the latest poll.

[img_assist|nid=2123|title=Gov. Chris Gregoire|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=420|height=305]The Republican Governors Association will take to the Washington state airwaves today with a television ad about the tribal gaming negotiations done by Gov. Chris Gregoire's office that resulted in less gambling in the state, but along with that a rejection of revenue profit sharing between the tribes and the state.