runoff
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Keiko Fujimori won the June 7 presidential runoff by the slimmest of margins, outpolling leftist Roberto Sanchez by fewer than 50,000 votes out of the more than 18 million ballots cast, the final results showed.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
His runoff opponent was Democrat Edwin Edwards, a three-term former governor who had survived two federal criminal trials featuring embarrassing testimony about high-stakes gambling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026
In Los Angeles, DSA member Nithya Raman advanced to the mayoral runoff.
From Salon • Jun. 27, 2026
Raman is facing Bass in a Nov. 2 runoff.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
Instead, deep holes were dug at various street corners to collect runoff water and anything else that might be washed along.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Vocabulary lists containing runoff
Electoral Elocution: The Verbiage of Voting
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