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With the Peoria mayor’s office and five city council seats at stake in Tuesday's municipal election, Thomas Bride expects turnout to be above average in the city – but that may not hold as true throughout the county.
Bride, the Peoria County Election Commission's executive director, said early voting participation is up 28% from two years ago, and noted February’s primary was up 6% over compared with recent primaries.
“I think we'll be above the primary election in the city of Peoria, but I think overall county-wide for this election, you're going to have areas where there's just not any really competitive races or there's maybe one, and then other areas where you have a lot of competitive races,” he said.