Keith Wright still isn't conceding the primary race to succeed Congressman Charles Rangel despite Adriano Espaillat holding a seemingly insurmountable lead. But as NY1's Bobby Cuza explains, there are signs of party unity.

Tuesday night, Keith Wright said, "This ain’t over. Every vote’s going to be counted."

Officially, Wright is still not throwing in the towel. He made no public statements Wednesday, instead leaving the talking to campaign advisors.

"This is a very difficult decision on how to proceed," said Wright campaign strategist Charlie King. "It’s a razor-thin race. He spent 13 months of his life working for this. And you want to make sure that every vote is counted.”

But after a race marred by personal attacks in its final days, the bitterness appears to be easing, perhaps helped along by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who reached out to both camps in an effort to broker a peace.

"We need to have a climate of coming together, and not of acrimony and rancor that pits communities against communities inside the district," Sharpton said.

While Sharpton did not endorse Wright or any other candidate in this race, he did speak out forcefully here last weekend after Espaillat supporters circulated a memo that made reference to suppressing the African-American vote.

"They think you too dumb to stand up for yourself," Sharpton had said.

But with no evidence of any actual voter suppression tactics Tuesday, both Sharpton and Wright seemed to back off the issue.

"It was not Senator Espaillat who did it," King said. "There were outsiders who came in from Virginia and other places we don’t even know."

And Espaillat, rather than take a victory lap Wednesday, issued a conciliatory statement that read, in part, "Let's make sure that as we travel the short road ahead, we conduct ourselves with dignity and respect for the rights of all. I know - first-hand - how tough it is to come up short in a hard fought election. To those who voted for one of my worthy opponents - I pledge to work my heart out to represent you, knowing that our district is not a Latino or black or Asian district.”

Wright’s camp has noted that Espaillat took nearly two weeks to concede after his close 2012 primary loss to Rangel.

Wright's next move is unclear, but so far, the city Board of Elections has received only about 1,000 absentee ballots in a race he's trailing by more than 1,200 votes.