Runoff
John Brooks, a Democratic candidate labor commissioner who finished second to Mary Fant Donnan in last week's primary, has formally asked the State Board of Elections to hold a June 24 runoff. According to unofficial results, Donnan received 27.6 percent of the vote in last week's four-candidate primary, well short of the more than 40 percent needed to avoid a runoff. Brooks, the labor commissioner between 1977 and 1993, was in second with 24.4 percent. The party's nominee would face GOP incumbent Cherie Berry in November. Second-place candidates have until noon Thursday to seek a runoff. Johnnie McLean with the elections board said two legislative races could also have a second election.
(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, 5/13/08).
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