I think Chris should concede the election. If Dino was behind by 42 votes I would recommend he concede just like Slade Gorton did four years ago. Say there is a second recount paid for by the Democrates and Chris wins by one vote. Is Dino and the Republicans then obligated to pay for a third recount? Where does it end? I feel that after one tax payer paid recount any election should be final. After that every precinct knows how many votes need to be made up to help a candidate and is thus very ripe for some funny business.

I think Washington does a pretty good job at elections and I trust the results. One of my neghbors is an election volunteer and I know she is more concerned with the process than the politics. I would guess that if two of us, a Republican and a Democrate, got together and hand recounted all of the votes we would come up with a result that is + or - about five votes from where we are today.