Correction: This post has been updated to reflect the correct comparison numbers from Flagship Campaigns for the first round of voting.

So far voters have been more interested in San Antonio’s heated June 7 runoff contests than the first round of voting.

At the conclusion of early voting Tuesday, in-person turnout was up roughly 53% compared to this same point in the May 3 election — when an overwhelmingly long ticket , voter fatigue and Fiesta celebrations were all blamed for depressingly low turnout.

Now San Antonio’s mayoral race is down to a head-to-head contest between two ideologically opposite candidates, Gina Ortiz Jones and Rolando Pablos , and Districts 1, 6, 8 and 9 have City Council runoffs on the ballot as well.

There’s still one more chance to cast a ballot on ele

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