Voting in Texas primary runoff better than recent comparable elections

Nearly 380,000 voters have already cast ballots in the state's largest counties in advance of Tuesday's statewide primary runoff elections that will set general election battles for governor and several congressional races around the state. About 240,000 have voted in person in the largest 15 counties, while the rest have cast absentee ballots by mail. That turnout through early and absentee voting is better than previous primary runoff elections in 2016 and 2014 but way behind vote totals from