Massachusetts Republican Party gains in the state Legislature were tempered Thursday after a Republican in Raynham decided against seeking a recount, a move that confirmed conservative pickups in the House tied with the number of seats Democrats flipped.

But conservative political operatives and officials at the Massachusetts Republican Party contended that they still had a historic showing on Election Day even if they only managed to boost their ranks by a single lawmaker in the state Senate.

Republicans held onto every conservative seat in the Legislature during a presidential election year, which is historically difficult for conservatives because of strong Democratic turnout, said Sean Powers, a MassGOP Committeeman and longtime Republican operative who previously helped out former Gov. Charlie Baker.

That is on top of flipping three seats — two in the House and one in the Senate — that were previously held by the left, he said.

“The fact that we defeated sitting Democratic incumbents and won open seats that we were competitive (during) a presidential year is extremely encouraging for (MassGOP Chair Amy Carnevale) and her team as opposed to what happened the previous four years, where we lost every single special election for the Legislature, and we didn’t pick up any seats at all,” he told the Herald.

In the hours after Election Day, the Massachusetts Republican Party started taking a victory lap in which its chair proclaimed that the days of “‘business as usual’ are over” on Beacon Hill.

MassGOP Chair Amy Carnevale said it was the first time since the 1984 presidential election that more than one Republican managed to flip a state legislative seat.

Justin Thurber, a Somerset Republican, unseated a long-time Democrat and Ken Sweezey, a Pembroke Republican, won an election for the House seat formerly held by Democratic Rep. Josh Cutler.

But Democrats flipped a Plymouth area district, where the local school committee chair, Michelle Badger, won election to the House seat formerly held by Rep. Matt Muratore, a Plymouth Republican who unsuccessfully ran for state Senate this cycle against Rep. Dylan Fernandes of Falmouth.

And in Raynham, Republican Sandra Wright of Bridgewater said Thursday afternoon that she planned to scrap plans for a recount in her race against Bridgewater Town Councilor Dennis Gallagher, a Democrat, for a House seat formerly held by Republican Rep. Angelo D’Emilia that covers both Raynham and Bridgewater.

Wright initially said in a social media post that she was seeking a recount “due to concerns in discrepancies in Raynham.” In a call Thursday morning, she said that there was “a problem with the machines in Raynham, which both the Republican and Democratic Party were a little disturbed by.”

But in a follow-up call with the Herald later in the day, Wright said logistical challenges surrounding notarization made it “kind of impossible.”

“We only have till next Friday to get all 13 precincts in. And to get every person notarized on every precinct is impossible,” she said. “I think we did a great race and I don’t know what’s next.”

Raynham Town Clerk Marsha Silvia said one of the town’s ballot-counting machines jammed on Election Day but officials replaced it and voting continued.” Ballots were hand counted while the machine was jammed and no one lost their opportunity to cast a ballot because of the malfunction, Silvia said.

“The police officer was there and everything was done all transparent,” she said by phone.

Before Wright changed her mind on the recount, Gallagher told the Herald that he “won my race.”

“I have won my race. I am moving forward with the next phase of my life, and I’m looking forward to being sworn in on Jan. 1,” he said.

MassGOP Executive Director John Milligan said the victory lap the party started Tuesday night was not premature “at all” even as the Gallagher-Wright race drew to a close and the partisan breakdown in the House was expected to be the same as last session.

Milligan said the “biggest victory of all” was not losing any incumbents and picking up a seat in the Senate, where Taunton City Councilor Kelly Dooner flipped a district that was held by Marc Pacheco, a Democrat who announced his retirement in February after 31 years.

“It is pretty unprecedented for our party not to lose ground as far as incumbents seeking reelection. And then on the Senate side, obviously, there were two main open Senate seats that both parties were eyeing and we won one of them and came within two points of winning the other,” Milligan said, referring to the Dooner and Muratore races.