On May 5th, Dino Rossi made a surprise visit to Rhonda Ray Wells' home in Auburn, WA to thank her for being his 30,746th  campaign donor. Dino has now officially surpassed the total number of donors he had in 2004, with still six months to go in the campaign! Even better, Rossi and Gregoire are neck and neck in the polls and in campaign cash.

At this point in the 2004 race, Rossi still trailed Gregoire significantly, due to his lack of name recognition, yet he still went on to win two of three ballot counts. The final ballot count, as we all know, ended with Rossi behind by a mere 129 ballots. The legitimacy of that final ballot count was widely criticized and questioned,as revealed in a post election poll which found that 53% of Washington residents believed that Rossi won the election and only 36% believed Gregoire won.

The tactics used by liberal activist group ACORN and the general sloppiness and inconsistency of voter registration rolls across the state inspired Wall Street Journal columnist, John Fund, to finish a book in progress, called "Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy."

Over 60% of Rossi's donors are new donors who did not participate in his 2004 campaign. While Dino has been calling each 1000th donor, he made a special visit to Rhonda's home to celebrate this special milestone.

Go Dino!