HOUSTON — Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg has conceded her Democratic primary race with challenger Sean Teare.
Ogg, who trailed Teare by a wide margin as votes were still being counted, released a new statement Wednesday morning.
"Thank you," Ogg said. "The election yesterday did not yield the result we hoped for, but it’s important to remind you that your support and contributions were not in vain."
Ogg said she would stay on the job and continue her duties as planned until Dec. 31. "Thank you for your investment in justice and in me."
Late Tuesday night, Ogg stopped short of conceding the race despite the large deficit in the balloting.
"If doing my job, cost me my job, then I leave with my head held high," she said.
Meanwhile, Teare's supporters are calling this an overwhelming victory. KHOU 11's Matt Dougherty talked to Teare Tuesday night, asking him what he would do in his first month in office.
“Number one priority is fixing intake," he said. "We’re going to fix the way we accept charges. We’re going to go back to being a resource for the police. We’re going to make sure we arrest the right people for the right crimes and we make sure those cases stick, but in that first month, I’ve got to restore some morale. I’ve got to restore some integrity and then we’ve got to look at how we’re going to go about implementing some pretty significant diversion programs that have been deeply, deeply cut.”
Late last year, Harris County Democrats voted to formally admonish Ogg when fellow party members accused her of abusing power to pursue vendettas against political opponents.
"What I heard last night was a number of people fed a steady stream of misinformation, basically wanting me to put party over my oath to follow the law," Ogg said the day after that vote.
Teare is now in a position to face Dan Simons in November. Simons is the only Republican name on the ballot for Harris County district attorney.
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Below is video from Ogg and Teare during a candidates forum in February