Conservative Kan. Democrat's margin only 7 votes

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gay rights advocates haven't given up on ousting a conservative Democrat from the Kansas House who finished only seven votes ahead of her primary opponent.

Final, unofficial results from Tuesday's primary show incumbent Jan Pauls leading challenger Erich Bishop 417 votes to 410 in the Hutchinson area district.

But the executive director of the Kansas Equality Coalition said Thursday that several dozen provisional ballots haven't been counted. The Reno County Commission will decide next week how many of those ballots will be counted. Pauls and Bishop both say they expect a recount afterward.

Bishop is active in the Equality Coalition, which has clashed with Pauls over gay rights issues including marriage and anti-discrimination efforts.

The Democratic nominee will face Republican Dakota Bass, of Hutchinson, in November.