After nearly two weeks of legal and electoral jousting, Mr. West, 51, conceded on Tuesday to his Democratic challenger in the Nov. 6 election, Patrick Murphy, a political newcomer from South Florida. Mr. Murphy, 29, won the race, in St. Lucie, Martin and northern Palm Beach Counties, by 1,904 ballots, or 0.58 percent of the vote.
“While a contest of the election results might have changed the vote totals, we do not have evidence that the outcome would change,” Mr. West said in a statement on Tuesday morning. “Given the extremely high evidentiary hurdles involved in a successful challenge, I will not ask my generous supporters to help fund a drawn-out, expensive legal effort with little chance of success.”No word on whether West intends to return the $4 million left unspent after the election:
West’s $21 million as of Nov. 8 was the most raised by any U.S. House candidate, except for Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, who was also running for president. But West spent money almost as fast as he raised it.
His $17 million of spending was the third highest total, behind only Bachmann and House Speaker John Boehner.
So Republicans spent $42 million or more backing a whackjob of color and a female whackjob. Wonder why the G.O.P. isn't trumpeting those accomplishments in response to claims that the party's isn't diverse?
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Oh, have no doubt that the $4 million unspent will be rolled over to a new campaign for 2014.
It's not hyperbolic to say that West is an asshole and an attention whore who'd invite the press to a barbecue of his mother if he thought it would keep him in the public eye.
He's just not going to go away on his own.
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