Word: concessioner
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Within minutes the other networks followed suit, and Gore called Bush to offer his concession.
Daley called Bush's campaign manager, Don Evans, around 3:15 a.m. to explain the situation. Gore himself followed up on the call about 30 minutes later, telling Bush he was recanting his earlier concession.
With disbelief in their voices, network anchors retracted the concession, placing the state back in their undecided columns.
In what may go down as the strangest presidential election night in United States history, a victor was declared who was not yet a victor, a concession speech was awaited but never came, and an old-style Texas victory party was left in the lurch.
Gore, who had already conceded the election to Bush in a personal phone conversation, recanted his concession and returned to his hotel, leaving Gore campaign chair William M. Daley to address the Nashville crowd.