MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Still-uncounted ballots are unlikely to change the outcome of the U.S. Senate race in Alabama enough to spur an automatic recount, the state’s election chief said Wednesday as Democratic victor Doug Jones urged Republican Roy Moore to concede.
Speaking during an afternoon news conference in Birmingham, Jones said a concession from Moore is the “right thing” to do, and that ‘it’s time to heal.”
But Moore hasn’t budged after a stunning loss in a reliably GOP state.
“Realize, when the vote is this close, it is not over,” he told supporters at his election-night party in Montgomery late Tuesday. Moore did not make any public statements or appearances Wednesday.
Jones is leading Moore by about 20,000 votes, or about 1.5 percent, with all precincts counted.