Early voting in the city election continues to climb.

Here's the latest, with numbers as of today:

A total of 68,201 ballots had been mailed to city voters. Of those, 28,921 ballots had been returned, which comes out to roughly 42 percent.

Party breakdown:

• 32,365 of those ballots went to Democrats; 14,115 of those ballots had been cast, for a return rate of roughly 44 percent.

• 21,718 of those ballots went to Republicans; 9,789 of those ballots had been cast, for a return rate of roughly 45 percent.

• 371 of those ballots went to Libertarians; 133 of those ballots had been cast, for a return rate of roughly 36 percent.

• 164 of those ballots went to Greens; 72 of those ballots had been cast, for a return rate of roughly 44 percent.

• 13,583 ballots had been sent to people who aren't registered with any of the above parties; 4,812 had been cast, for a return rate of roughly 35 percent.

More thoughts on early voting here.