Six weeks after an election day celebrated by the national news media, Tiffany Cabán has finally conceded the Democratic primary race for District Attorney of Queens County.

Cabán’s candidacy became a cause célèbre among the country’s top Democrats, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren all emphatically endorsing her first-time bid for public office. Yet despite the national celebrity, Queens Borough president and career Democrat Melinda Katz won.

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