Vance to run again for party chair

Chris Vance, the current chair of the state Republican Party, says Dino Rossi, who is apparently the "titular" head of the party, has asked him to stay on as state chair.

Rossi the head of the party already? He was only the accidental governor elect for a few weeks: he isn't even the winner of the race, and he's already the "titular" head.

The P-I:

Chris Vance, a scrappy political junkie and former legislator who gave the state Republican Party an aggressive persona in this Democratic-leaning state, said yesterday he'll seek another term as GOP chairman.

Vance, 42, said the party's gubernatorial candidate, Dino Rossi, has asked him to stay on as chairman. Vance is a former state House leader, King County councilman and unsuccessful candidate for Congress and the state school superintendency.

So apparently Vance has decided to run for reelection rather than abandon his post to run for Senate in 2006.