Voter Turnout: 17%

Turnout in Tuesday's runoff elections was 17 percent, at the top end of pre-voting predictions (14-18 percent was the guess). Election Board Secretary Mike Clingman said 310,982 ballots were cast. The drop-off from the primary to the runoff was almost a third; the norm, he said, is about 25 percent. Despite the drop-off, voting in the Republican runoff for Congress in the 5th District was not nearly as low as some expected; pre-vote modeling of the runoff by some had only 20,000-25,000 votes being cast. The total exceeded 42,000.

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