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FREDERICTON Progressive Conservative Leader David Alward conceded defeat Tuesday in the New Brunswick election and is stepping down as leader of the party.

Liberal Leader Brian Gallants party won 27 seats, the Tories 21 and the Greens took one riding.

Alward becomes only the second premier to fail in his bid for a second term in the provinces history. He won a majority government in 2010, unseating the one-term administration of Liberal Shawn Graham.

Alward conceded defeat about 12 hours after Gallant was declared the winner on an election night that was plagued by problems counting ballots.

He said Elections New Brunswick has an obligation to make sure the count was done correctly and what happened on Monday night needs to be reviewed.

Alward, whose voice cracked with emotion as he spoke, will continue to serve as the member of the legislature for Carleton.

Amid a bizarre vote-counting snafu, rookie politician Brian Gallant led his Liberal party to a majority election victory in New Brunswick, as voters rejected the Progressive Conservatives bid to jump-start a moribund economy by expanding its shale gas industry.

With most of the polls reporting after a tight battle that went well into the night, the tabulation of ballots was suspended Monday around 10:45 p.m. for almost two hours as concerns arose about technical glitches with memory sticks and discrepancies with vote-counting machines.

Before the count was stopped, Brian Gallants Liberals and the Tories under David Alward were locked in a tight contest. That changed once the results were updated with the Liberals winning 27 ridings compared to the Progressive Conservatives with 21, though the Tories demanded that every ballot be counted by hand to ensure the legitimacy of the election.

Green party Leader David Coon was elected in the riding of Fredericton South, a result that represents a breakthrough for a party that has never held a seat in the New Brunswick legislature.

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Facing an uphill climb to regain a two-house supermajority in November, legislative leaders say that they have asked Gov. Jerry Brown to stump for fellow Democrats in a half-dozen competitive districts.

It's the sort of thing governors typically do as their party's state leader. And a two-thirds Democratic majority would help Brown pursue his agenda, because no Republican support would be needed for any of his proposals.

But Brown, who is expected to win his own race handily and has not mounted a time-consuming campaign of his own, has not committed to any appearances.

The governor "will be as helpful as his busy schedule allows," said Dan Newman, his campaign spokesman.

Incoming Senate leader Kevin de Len (D-Los Angeles), heading the election effort for Democrats in the upper house, said he is "actively pursuing the governor to make appearances."

"He is a very popular governor, and he's the top Democrat in the state," the senator said.

One legislative source who is privy to the discussions but not authorized to speak publicly said lawmakers are "in negotiations" with Brown's representatives over what role the governor might play.

Even with the governor's help, Democrats say, it could be tough to secure a supermajority in both houses. Voter turnout typically falls when there is no presidential contest, and there is no galvanizing statewide race or ballot measure this year to spur people to the polls.

In the June primary, a record low 25.2% of state voters cast ballots, and Democrats blamed that low turnout for Republican wins in three Senate districts where Democrats lead in registration. Historically, higher percentages of Republicans typically vote in low-turnout elections, so their influence could be increased.

"This electoral cycle is going to be the most challenging in more than a decade, so we absolutely have our work cut out for us," De Len said.

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Breaking from the antiamnesty, secure-the-border hawkishness coursing through the national Republican Party, New Jersey's GOP nominee for a U.S. Senate seat says he would fight for "comprehensive immigration reform" in Washington.

And like many Republicans, Jeff Bell is claiming the mantle of Ronald Reagan.

"Ronald Reagan once said, 'Latinos are Republicans - they just don't know it yet.' Maybe that's politically incorrect to repeat in 2014," Bell wrote in an e-mail to supporters Wednesday. "But I do agree with the premise behind his assertion: If the Republican Party makes the case to them, Hispanics will vote GOP."

Republican Gov. Christie won 51 percent of the Latino vote when he was reelected last year, although he has not taken a position on federal immigration policy.

Other Republicans, both locally (Steve Lonegan) and nationally (U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz), have embraced Reagan but have endorsed immigration policies radically different from Bell's.

Cruz, for one, has opposed a Senate bill that would create a path to citizenship. Bell, who is running a quixotic campaign focused on a return to the gold standard, supports granting citizenship to the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally.

Booker also supports a path to citizenship.

The chances of passing immigration reform plummeted in recent months amid an influx of Central American migrants streaming across the Mexican border.

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