The raw vote total is not a very meaningful statistic when not only has the population grown a lot since 1918, but we basically doubled the electorate two years ago by opening up the primaries to independents.
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The combat veteran and oyster farmer has also received more primary votes than all of the Republican gubernatorial candidates combined despite the best primary turnout year for GOP hopefuls since 1994...
