Congressional candidates in 8th District ramp up get-out-the-vote efforts, attack ads

[Sherman A1]

In a low-turnout election, anything can happen.

So the question of how many people will show up at the polls on June 4 is paramount, as the candidates for the vacant 8th District congressional seat zoom down the stretch.

“We’ve heard figures around 15 percent, or a little less,’’ said Democratic state Rep. Steve Hodges, a legislator from East Prairie, adding that even Republicans tell him, “‘Nobody knows this election is coming up.’ ”

The deadline for requesting an absentee ballot by mail is next Wednesday. (Absentee ballots can be cast by person until June 3.)

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