Roy Moore: 'The Battle Rages on'

As recently as Wednesday evening, Roy Moore was refusing to concede the Alabama Senate election to Doug Jones, who bested Moore by 21,000 votes Tuesday to become the first Democrat to win a Senate race in Alabama in 25 years. 

"The battle rages on," Moore said in a video released late Wednesday, reports ABC News. He noted some military and provisional ballots are still being counted and suggested he'll concede only with "certification by the secretary of state." 

Yet the Republican might also be looking beyond the election, to the future. Noting it's unlikely Moore will leave politics, the AP reports he could make his third bid for governor in 2018—or perhaps revive his campaign against Jones in an effort to nab his Senate seat in 2020.

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