Alabama us senate gop primary runoff tampering and race halt 2

At 10.43 pm a massive 23.7% of the vote was added bringing to 96% counted with zero votes added to the tally meaning 'lost', thrown away, and that is how it has remained to this very day. it looks like brook was about to get completely wiped and and so simply halted the race in its tracks where it was. Do you need to come within a certain percentage to regain your deposit or something? if that is the case then I feel a bit bad about mentioning it but the truth must out as the saying goes.