ANCHORAGE: Forrest Dunbar is conceding the 2014 election to Don Young, after the Representative prevailed with 51.69% of the vote.

With 100% of precincts reporting, Dunbar had garnered 40.39% of Alaskan ballots cast— 90,534 votes.

Thousands of absentee and early ballots remain outstanding, so the exact percentages are likely to change.  However, the Dunbar campaign recognizes that the yet-to-be-counted ballots are not going to be sufficient to change the outcome of the race.

“I would like to congratulate Don on being reelected as Alaska’s Congressman in the U.S. House or Representatives,” stated Dunbar, “He closed out the campaign well, and did a good job in his final two debates. I hope that the Don Young of the past two weeks or so is the Don Young Alaska will have representing us in the U.S. House for the next two years: polite, on-point, prepared, even friendly. It’s been a hard-fought and intense campaign for all Alaskans, and I think those of us who can are happy to have a moment to take a deep breath and reflect a little.”

At Election Central on Tuesday night, Dunbar was asked repeatedly if he will run for the Congressional seat again in 2016.  While he has not ruled it out, he will not make an announcement in the remainder of 2014.