Slovak president race: known quantity vs. upstart

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Slovakia’s presidential runoff on Saturday pits the country’s best-known politician — a prime minister whose party has a lock on parliament — against a businessman-turned philanthropist who is hoping to capitalize on a corruption scandal that reached up into high levels of government.

The winner will succeed Ivan Gasparovic, the first since Slovakia’s independence in 1993 to be elected to two five-year terms. Here is a look at the vote:

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