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The state of Florida has begun an unprecedented recount—for both the governor and Senate races—and Democratic candidate Andrew Gillum is receding his previous concession to Ron DeSantis. Gillum withdrew his concession Saturday, hours after the secretary of state announced a recount CNN reports. “I am replacing my words of concession with an uncompromised and unapologetic call that we count every single vote,” Gillum said. On Tuesday Gillum told a room full of his supporters in Tallahassee, “We recognize that we didn’t win this tonight.”

However, now Gillum surprised many people by announcing his decision. His attorney told reporters the campaign was not alleging any wrongdoing and had no immediate plans to pursue legal action.

Gillum explained his decision stating, “We’ve learned in various parts of this state that there are still votes that are outstanding. There’s even still in parts of this state some uncertainty around the total number of votes that are remaining to be cast.”

DeSantis leads Gillum in the unofficial count by nearly 34,000 votes, with 49.59% to Gillum’s 49.18%. In a video statement, DeSantis responded without addressing Gillum directly, calling the results “clear and unambiguous.”

“With the election behind us, it’s now time to come together as a state as we prepare to serve all Floridians,” DeSantis said. “Since Tuesday night, that is what I have been doing and that is what I will continue to do in the days and weeks ahead.” On Saturday Gillum also responded to the recent comments and tweets from President Donald Trump, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Gov. Rick Scott who’ve all complained over the late influx of votes and lack of transparency in the counting process in Broward county.”What has also changed since election night have been the chorus of voices — from the President of the United States, the junior senator of the state of Florida, and the governor of the state of Florida — a chorus calling for the ending of the counting in this process,” Gillum said.

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