Updated at 5:03 p.m. ET
Republican Brian Kemp has declared victory over Democrat Stacey Abrams in Georgia’s bitterly-fought gubernatorial race. But Abrams has not conceded and wants all provisional and absentee ballots counted first.
Kemp announced he was resigning his post as secretary of state, effective at 11:59 a.m. Thursday, after a lawsuit was filed calling it a conflict of interest for Kemp to oversee the vote count in a race he’s involved in.
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