Republican Concedes House Race to Democrat Bishop
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Republican Randy Altschuler conceded defeat to four-term New York Democrat Tim Bishop in the race for the nation’s last disputed U.S. House seat.
With 977 absentee ballots left to be counted out of more than 194,000 votes cast in the 1st congressional district at the eastern end of Long Island, Altschuler’s campaign said today. Bishop held a 263-vote lead. Altschuler dropped his legal challenges to the remaining uncounted absentee ballots.