If voters are overly excited about electing the first new Texas governor in 14 years and wholesale changes across state government, the turnout so far hasn't shown it.
State elections figures released Thursday show that after 10 days of early voting, turnout is roughly similar to four years ago in the biggest Texas counties.
That's despite a high-profile race between Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis and major voter registration efforts from both parties.
Early voting ends Friday.
Election officials cautioned that the final day of early voting typically sees bigger numbers. Nearly 1.3 million people in the state's largest counties had cast a ballot through Wednesday.
That's slightly up from the last midterm election in 2010, but is down in terms of total percentage of registered voters.
