Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., declared victory in her reelection campaign on Friday despite indications that the race will head to a recount according to state law.
"We won! I am so thankful for all of your support and I am so proud to be your Representative!" Boebert wrote on Twitter.
Boebert was leading by a slim 551 votes Friday morning when Democrat Adam Frisch called a news conference via video, and conceded, according to The Hill.
Although headed to a required recount, Frisch said he had already called Boebert and conceded, according to The Hill.
He also said "the likelihood of this recount changing more than a handful of votes is very small."
"We are not asking for this recount. It is one that the citizens of Colorado mandate through our election system," he said. He also asked supporters not to donate to his campaign for the recount effort.
"Please save your money for your groceries, your rent, your children," he said, according to The Hill.
She said in a video clip released along with the message: "I'm told there are less than 200 votes outstanding which makes me so happy to announce we have won this race."
Newsmax elections analysis shows that as of Friday morning, the day of the deadline to release the final tally, Boebert leads challenger Adam Frisch 163,758 votes to 163,207, or by 0.16% of the vote.
Colorado election law states that "A recount of any election contest shall be held if the difference between the highest number of votes cast in that election contest and the next highest number of votes cast in that election contest is less than or equal to one-half of one percent of the highest vote cast in that election contest."
Although Boebert acknowledged that a recount was likely, she said that "past recounts in Colorado have resulted in far fewer votes being adjusted than anything that could affect the current outcome we're seeing tonight in this race."
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