The Seattle Times offers this report, which begins: “The state Supreme Court will consider hearing legal challenges to the 2004 governor’s race even though Dino Rossi and the Republican Party won’t appeal their case. Four separate election-contest petitions asking that the November election of Gov. Christine Gregoire be overturned were filed in December and January. They’ve been on hold while the Supreme Court waited for what was seen as an inevitable appeal of the election lawsuit filed by Rossi, state Republican Party Chairman Chris Vance and other party members.”