Gibbons concedes AG race to Koster

Attorney general-elect Chris Koster gives his acceptance speech at the Midland Theatre in Kansas City on Nov. 4, 2008. Koster said he was surprised that Gibbons phoned and conceded before midnight.   ¦  CHRIS DUNN/Missourian

Republican attorney general candidate Mike Gibbons conceded the Missouri attorney general race to Democrat Chris Koster in a private phone call, according to the Koster campaign.

With 2,881 of 3,509 Missouri precincts reporting, Koster had 50.6 percent of the vote.