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Mayoral runoff’s partisanship, canvassing lead to record-high turnout

Fort Worth’s municipal elections are nonpartisan officially, but experts say it was partisanship and the campaigns’ efforts to reach people in person that boosted the mayoral race’s visibility and increased voter participation to a record high for this century. Voter participation for Fort Worth’s mayoral race increased from 14.11% in the  May 1 general election […]