 During the same election, incumbent Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire was reelected to a second term with 53.72% of the vote over Republican Dino Rossi who took 46.28% in a rematch of their controversial race from four years earlier.At the state level, Democrats picked up one seat in the Washington House of Representatives while Republicans picked up a seat in the Washington Senate., this is the last election in which Skamania County, Klickitat County, and Wahkiakum County voted for the Democratic candidate.