Presidential Race Heads to Runoff
From Times Wire Reports
Slovenia’s prime minister, who has pushed to align the tiny Alpine nation closer with Western Europe, finished first in a presidential election but will have to face a runoff vote.
Janez Drnovsek won support with a pragmatic style but fell short of the 50% needed to win outright in Sunday’s vote.
Drnovsek, 52, who won 44.4% of the vote, will face prosecutor Barbara Brezigar, who got 30.8%, in a runoff Dec. 1. The winner will replace Milan Kucan, barred by law from another term.
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