Democrat concedes House race in Wash.

[Ron Burgundy]

AP - Democrat Darcy Burner conceded the race to Republican Rep. Dave Reichert a week after Election Day, but did not rule out another run for office.

Burner's loss ended the Democrats' best hope for claiming a Republican House seat in this left-leaning state. It was her first run for elected office. She called Burner on Monday night but did not concede publicly until Tuesday.

"I haven't made any decisions," Burner, a former Microsoft Corp. manager, said at a news conference. "I plan on taking my son to Disneyland this weekend, as I promised I would."

Reichert's lead stood at 4,727 votes on Tuesday, or 51.1 percent to Burner's 48.9 percent.

Reichert played up his centrist votes and his attempts to move away from Bush, but he also pointed out his heavy advantage in public service. Burner's campaign played up Reichert's GOP ties, and her strategy was helped when Reichert welcomed President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and several other top Republicans to the district to raise campaign cash.

Reichert said negative ads targeting him may have hurt Burner in the end.

"The only position she had to draw from, the only basis or foundation for her campaign, was to paint me with this national brush," Reichert said. "It came down to, people know me."