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HELENA - Despite being declared the winner of the Republican primary race for governor earlier in the evening, Bob Brown's campaign mistakenly e-mailed a concession statement to reporters at 11:44 p.m. Tuesday.

Brown's statement thanked his and running mate Dave Lewis' families, friends, staff and supporters for their hard work in the primary campaign.

"It did not go as we had hoped tonight, but tomorrow is a new day, and we endorse our party's choice for governor at this time," Brown said in the statement. "You ran a hard race, and we encourage our supporters to back your candidacy in a united effort to defeat Brian Schweitzer. Congratulations and good luck!"

When asked about the erroneous statement Wednesday, a surprised Brown laughed heartily. He said he and his campaign had written both an acceptance speech and a concession speech Tuesday afternoon with plans to send out the appropriate one Tuesday night.

"They pulled the wrong trigger," Brown said.

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