From the News Tribune:

At least, the votes that came in to county auditors in the days after the election – presumably those mailed Monday and Tuesday – were slightly more favorable to Republicans than votes received earlier.

Take the governor’s race. On the day after the election, Gov. Chris Gregoire held a 4.1 percentage-point lead over Republican challenger Dino Rossi. But when the final county tallies were in, Gregoire’s advantage had narrowed to just 1.9 percent.

Attorney General Rob McKenna’s lead over Democratic challenger John Ladenburg grew from 12 points to 14; U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert’s lead over Democrat Darcy Burner went from 3 points to 4 points. Even Lands Commissioner Doug Sutherland’s thin lead over Democrat Peter Goldmark went up a tick to 2.2 percent.

The school superintendent race followed a similar pattern, even though the race is officially nonpartisan. Incumbent Terry Bergeson saw her day-after-the-election lead of 11.2 percent fall to 5.8 percent. And while challenger Randy Dorn is a fellow Democrat, his campaign is based on his kinda-sorta opposition to the WASL, and Bergeson is perceived as the liberal.

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