Overland Park ? Adam Taff will not seek a re-count of the 3rd Congressional District GOP primary, setting up a November election between Republican Kris Kobach and Democratic Rep. Dennis Moore.

Taff, the former fighter pilot who continued to campaign after a narrow loss to Moore in 2002, conceded last week’s primary to Kobach in a Tuesday morning phone call. Kobach won the primary by a margin of just 207 votes out of nearly 89,000 cast.

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“I call on all Republicans to come together … and support all of our candidates,” Taff said. “I had my opportunity in 2002. It is now time to support Kris Kobach.”

Taff had until 5 p.m. to ask the Kansas secretary of state’s office for a re-count. His decision came a day after officials in Johnson County completed a count of provisional ballots that boosted Kobach’s lead, which stood at just 87 votes after Tuesday’s primary.

Taff, 39, cut the margin to 81 votes after provisional votes in Douglas and Wyandotte County were counted Friday. But the count of more than 2,500 provisional ballots in Johnson County pushed Kobach, a 38-year-old law professor making his first run for Congress, to victory.

The final, unofficial results gave Kobach 39,129 votes to 38,922 for Taff, with state Rep. Patricia Lightner a distant third with 10,836.