Different time, different office, different state. That was an executive position - the one person who takes the office controls that branch of government. In a legislative position, the number of seats is what matters. The Democrats already have a comfortable majority, and they can’t get to a filibuster-proof majority, so there’s little incentive for them to try and steal this seat. Secondly, while it’s questionable what really happened, the Washington recount happened under state law and state supervision. That’s very different from an outside body (the U.S. Senate) stepping in to determine the outcome.
>>what nonsense..remember the backfire from the 04 Washington State governor’s race?? crickets chirping<<
I think it’s unlikely that the Dems in congress would want to be seen on CSPAN stealing a state election, to get a seat for someone who is likely to embarrass even them. I don’t need to post images, everyone has seen them.