[fortheDeclaration]

No, they have to get at least 50% to win outright.

No worries, this is a big victory for the Tea Party.

[who knows what evil?]

No, they have to get at least 50% to win outright.

It's a shame that doesn't apply at the federal level...Bill Clinton may have never been President under a '50% + 1' scenario...

[Sola Veritas]

“No worries, this is a big victory for the Tea Party.”

I wouldn’t call it a “big” victory, but it is definitely a victory. It will be interesting to see how the runoff goes.

First thing is how will the voters for the third candidate go in a runoff - will they even show? I suspect that there will also be many GOP voters that originally stayed at home that may show up for the runoff. Then the question becomes....how will they vote? I “suspect” that the “establishment” folks may turn out more in the runoff. The Tea Party probably already had its full force voting.

Don’t mean to be overly pessimistic. This will be interesting.