Democrat Stacey Abrams says she can't win Georgia governor race

(RNN) - Democrat Stacey Abrams said she would not continue to try to contest the Georgia governor’s race on Friday.

Stressing that it was “not a speech of concession," she said that she did not want to hold public office “if I need to scheme my way into the post.”

Republican former Secretary of State Brian Kemp led the vote on election night, and a series of legal rulings allowed the Abrams campaign to continue to get votes counted.

But in the past days, the additional votes did not bring Kemp below the 50 percent threshold needed to secure the governorship.