Nearly 50,000 people have already cast their ballots in Iowa’s primary through early voting. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s office says that’s the rough total of early ballots submitted as of Monday. That number could increase as additional absentee ballots are received. Democrats cast about 35,000 ballots, while Republicans cast about 14,400 ballots. Libertarians cast 215 ballots.

Pate says Iowa set a record for early voting requests this primary. More than 54,000 voters made requests, surpassing the previous high of nearly 45,000 in 2014. The state also hit a new high for registered voters leading into a primary. Iowa now has about 1.96 million active voters — exceeding a 2010 record by more than 7,000 voters.

Two Democrats will square off today (Tuesday) to challenge Pate, a Republican, who is unopposed in the primary.