Dole not ready to concede


Sen. Elizabeth Dole's spokesman, Hogan Gidley, said she isn't calling quits anytime soon, even though several news outlets already have called the race for her opponent, Kay Hagan.

"If I believed Fox News, CBS and WRAL, we'd be talking about Al Gore as president right now," Gidley said. "We don't fall for this kind of stuff... We expect that checkmark to move over to the Dole box."

He pointed out that many of the votes have yet to be counted, Barb Barrett reports.

"Ninety-five percent of the people, their votes still haven’t been recorded yet," Gidley said. "No, we're not calling the race. The polls just close an hour ago. We've still got a long ways to go tonight."

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