NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Democratic Congressman Max Rose on Thursday conceded to Republican Congresswoman-elect Nicole Malliotakis in the election in New York's 11th Congressional District.
The race has still not been called by the Associated Press but Malliotakis had already declared victory over Rose in the city's only swing district.
"You know, today Staten Island and southern Brooklyn sent a loud and clear message. And that message will resonate from the halls of City Hall to the halls of Congress," Malliotakis said during her speech on Election night.
Rep. Rose however, said there were still many absentee ballots that needed to be counted.
"We came in tonight saying we may not know a winner at the end of this evening and that is still the case. At this moment there are more than 40,000 absentee ballots that were returned, with potentially 10,000 more in the mail," Rose said.