The candidate posted a note on his Facebook page saying it looked like a close defeat. The latest numbers from the Jackson County Election office show Breidenthal has 40,772 votes while Scroggin had received 38,857 votes. A third candidate -- Troy Hackett -- received 5,217 votes.
Scroggin wrote a concession note on the Jeff Scroggin for County Commissioner Facebook page.
"I just called my opponent to congratulate him and concede the race," he wrote in the post. "In the end, it was close but we did not quite make it all way up the hill. We lost the election by about 2 percent of the vote."
Scroggin said in the post that he was thankful for the support -- including those that crossed party lines.
"Together, we started a community-wide conversation focused on pragmatic and collaborative solutions to the problems facing Jackson County," he wrote.
Scroggin will return to his post as Sen. Alan Bates's chief of staff.
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