Texas primary runoffs: Democratic enthusiasm fuels record turnout
In spite of 90-plus degree heat and a pandemic that shows no signs of stopping, the 2020 primary runoff elections have already drawn record-high turnout across Texas during the longer-than-normal early voting period.
Gov. Greg Abbott months ago delayed the May runoffs to July in response to the coronavirus and later added an extra week of early voting. But as the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations has risen more than ever before, turnout has still soared — especially among Democrats whose ballots include a heated battle for the party’s U.S. Senate nomination.
More than 1 million Texans cast a ballot between June 29 and July 10, including more than 652,000 Democrats and more than 411,000 Republicans, according to data from the Secretary of State’s office.
With only early votes in, the election is set to surpass overall turnout in 2012 — the last time more than 1 million voters cast ballots in a runoff — when former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz were on the GOP primary ballot.
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