Republican U.S. Rep. Allen West is announcing today that he won’t challenge Democrat Patrick Murphy’s narrow victory in their nationally watched battle for the Palm Beach-Treasure Coast congressional District 18 seat. “While many questions remain unanswered, today I am announcing that I will take no further action to contest the outcome of this election,” West says in a statement released this morning.

It took two weeks, but Allen West (FL-Crazy) has finally admitted he lost:So a somewhat delayed congratulations to Patrick Murphy and thanks to so many of you in the Daily Kos community that helped make it happen.

For more discussion on this, see Scarce's diary here.

And Congressman-elect (man do I love saying that!) Murphy even took the time to stop by Daily Kos this morning to offer his thanks to the community here. What a mensch!