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Cooper discusses vote on election runoff bill

CHEYENNE — While over 200 bills have passed through to the next house, one bill that failed last week created a lot of opinions on both sides was Senate File 145 on Election Runoffs.

The bill essentially would require a runoff election if a candidate in a primary election did not received 50% of the votes cast.

The bill failed on third reading in the Senate 14-15 with Sen. Ed Cooper (R-Ten Sleep)...