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GOPer Ed Martin Concedes House Race After Previously Claiming Shenanigans

Eric Kleefeld | November 8, 2010, 12:08PM

House candidate Ed Martin (R-MO) and Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO)

Republican House candidate Ed Martin has now conceded a close race against Democratic Rep. Russ Carnahan, after Martin had initially claimed that voter fraud or other misbehavior may have been responsible for Carnahan's win.

On election, night, Martin narrowly led Carnahan for most of the count. But then some late returns from heavily Democratic areas of St. Louis put the incumbent ahead, and the media widely projected him to be the winner by a margin of about two percent.

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