The Associated Press
OLYMPIA — The state Supreme Court race remains too close to call after four days of ballot-counting.
Justice Richard Sanders has collected 50.35 percent of the vote (813,959) as of Saturday morning in his bid for a fourth term, to 49.65 percent (802,570) for his challenger, Bainbridge Island attorney Charlie Wiggins.
Hundreds of thousands of ballots remain to be counted — many of them in populous King County, where Wiggins is winning.
Sanders came under fire late in the campaign for insisting at a court meeting that racial bias plays no significant role in the criminal justice system.
He said he has nothing to apologize for and is proud of his record standing up for the state Constitution and protecting individual liberties.
