Berg concedes Senate race: Decision averts a recount

After a long night of watching agonizingly close results roll in, U.S. Rep. Rick Berg conceded North Dakota’s tightly contested U.S. Senate race to Democrat Heidi Heitkamp Wednesday afternoon. The decision headed off a potential recount that could have cost tens of thousands of dollars and dragged the contentious campaign out for another month.

By: By Marino Eccher , Forum Communications, The Jamestown Sun