"Rossi should just run the next time"
By the time all the appeals have been filed it will be time to be the "next time".
I'm simply approaching this from a standard of past example. Think Nixon in '60... clearly there was evidence fraud from Johnson's springboard in Texas and Daley in Cook County. Nixon's situation was different, I know, it was on a different stage and in a different time.
I'm also willing to be wrong here.. what does the law in Washington state say of this scenario...an election that is razor thin where malfeasance is evident?
If it drags out until "next time," the damage will be all on the Democrats and the chances of Democrats retaining power in intervening elections will be at least weakened. If we can wrench a few legislative seats from Democrat control, we will have gained something.
By the way, did you read that Norm Dicks is the subject of some accusations of ethics violations for accepting lobbyist paid for vacations? Developing on the Drudge Report.