Donors Paid for 3rd WA Gov. election recount, now they benefit.
When Gregoire won, so did her donors.
In late 2004, when Christine Gregoire’s bid to become governor was engulfed in legal challenges, the state Democratic Party sent out a plea for help.
The checks started rolling in almost immediately — $250,000 from the state’s largest public-employee union, $50,000 from a tribal-gambling group, $25,000 from the state’s main teachers union. Major national political groups also weighed in.
That money, more so than the millions Gregoire received during her campaign, is what ultimately enabled Gregoire to vanquish Republican Dino Rossi.
And those allies have done well under Gregoire.