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Chicago municipal runoff election numbers breaks decades old record

Chicago municipal runoff totals breaks old record
Chicago municipal runoff totals breaks old record 00:17

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The final numbers have been tallied, and Chicago saw a record runoff election earlier this month.

More than 613,000 ballots were cast - that's a nearly 39% voter turnout.

It's also the most ballots cast in a city municipal election since February 1999.

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