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Late Wednesday afternoon, Forrest Claypool conceded his challenge to the incumbent Cook County Board president, John H. Stroger Jr. Mr. Claypool's concession came while election officials were manually counting ballots after problems with a new voting system left 13 percent of the votes uncounted. In unofficial returns, Mr. Stroger was leading Mr. Claypool by more than 21,000 votes, 52 percent to 48 percent.