IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Iowa officials on Monday certified a Republican candidate as the winner by six votes of an open seat in the U.S. House, in what is shaping up to be the closest congressional election in decades.

Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks finished ahead of Democrat Rita Hart in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District after a recount saw her 47-vote lead steadily dwindle to single digits.

The state Board of Canvass voted 5-0 Monday afternoon to certify Miller-Meeks as the winner over Hart by a count of 196,964 to 196,958.

Source: Associated Press - Iowa board certifies 6-vote Republican win in US House race

This is hard to wrap my head around. I think any reasonable candidate would evaluate all their options in this situation.