CHEYENNE - The results of the Nov. 7 election for Wyoming's lone seat in the U.S. House are final, but the vote counting may not be over.

The State Canvassing Board certified Wednesday that Republican Rep. Barbara Cubin won a seventh term in a close race with Democratic challenger Gary Trauner.

But Trauner was holding out the possibility of seeking a recount.

"I don't know what I'm going to do right now," Trauner said in a telephone interview from his home in Wilson, where he was nursing a sore back from shoveling snow.

Under state law, Trauner must ask for a recount no later than Friday. The recount would be conducted in all 23 counties, and Trauner would have to pay up to $500 per county for the cost of the recount. He would not be liable for the costs if the recount found "sufficient error to change the result of the election."

The State Canvassing Board, made up of four of Wyoming's top elected officials, certified the results Wednesday. While the race remained very close, it fell 79 votes short of triggering an automatic recount, Secretary of State Joe Meyer said.

Cubin received 93,336 votes, or 48.3 percent, while Trauner got 92,324 votes, or 47.8 percent. Libertarian Thomas Rankin got 7,481, or 3.8 percent.

Cubin said in a statement released by her office that she was humbled by her re-election.

The canvassing board declined Trauner's request that it undertake an investigation before certifying the results.