Update: 11:49 PM – After 54% of the votes have been counted the Democrat Murray has pulled into the lead and currently commands 51% to Rossi’s 49% of the vote. This election is just as close as the polls had indicated earlier this week.

Washington State has been one of the tighter races in the 2010 elections for Senate, so as election results begin pouring in, the outcome seems to be somewhat of a surprise. Pre-election polls earlier this week indicated that both the Republican candidate Rossi and Democratic Candidate Murray were in a virtual tie. A majority of the polls in the last few days actually showed that Murray had a slight edge over the Republican. Having said this, after 34% of the votes have been counted, things seem to be going the Republican’s way.

The polls which closed in Washington at 11PM EDT are indicating that Rossie is ahead of Murray 54% to 46%, or 408,991 votes to 348,740 votes. If things continue as they are, the Incumbent Democrat will be giving yet another seat in the Senate up to the Republicans. If the Washington Senate election does end up going to the Republicans, the party will certainly walk away happy. Washignton was one of the major toss up states in this years Senate elections, an election which will likely see the Republicans win the majority in the House, and likely at least make things more even in the Senate. Remember though, that only about one third of all votes in the state have been counted, so things are still very much up in the air.