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State Sets Record For Most Early Votes In Mid Term Election
Posted on November 04, 2006
– A contentious U-S Senate race is a big
reason Tennesseans are flocking to the polls and giving the state
its highest early voter turnout ever for a midterm election.
Final figures show more than 867-thousand people voted during
October 18th through November second.
That’s a 49 percent increase over the same period during the
2002 midterm elections.
State election coordinator Brook Thompson said today that this
was the most early voters the state has had for a non-presidential
race.
Much of the attention this year is on Senate Majority Leader
Bill Frist’s seat. Democratic candidate Harold Ford Junior and
Republican Bob Corker have run a neck-to-neck race since the fall.
The race has been closely watched because the outcome could
determine whether Democrats take control of the Senate from
Republicans.
Both parties are pleased with the increase in voter turnout.
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