runoff
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With more than 98% of the votes counted in Sunday’s runoff election, she overtook her leftist opponent, Roberto Sánchez, with 50.002% support—a difference of just a few hundred votes out of nearly 20 million cast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
In the end, voters selected Bass, a Democratic centrist, and democratic socialist City Councilmember Nithya Raman, who ran to Bass’ left, to face off in the runoff.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
The road ahead looks treacherous for Bass, the first sitting L.A. mayor to be forced into a runoff since 2005.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The LA mayoral runoff vote will take place with the rest of the US midterm elections on Tuesday, November 3.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
It had rained the night before, and the only sound was the gurgle of the runoff pouring down through the eroded gullies on the hillside.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Vocabulary lists containing runoff
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