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Abbott ran for a third term and faced challengers from within his own party, [79] [80] including former Texas Republican Party chair Allen West and Don Huffines. [81] [82] On March 1, he won the primary with over 66% of the vote. He was challenged by the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke. [83]
Texas Democrats hoped for Beto O'Rourke to achieve an upset over the incumbent Greg Abbott, which did not materialize. Abbott won by 10.9%, down from 13.3% in 2018. Abbott's margin was slightly larger than aggregate polling, but virtually in line with the last poll conducted.
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has won re-election to a third term, NBC News projects, soundly defeating a challenge from Democrat Beto O’Rourke.. At one point, early in the cycle, pundits ...
On November 8, 2022, current governor Greg Abbott was re-elected and became the fifth Texas governor to serve three terms following Shivers, Daniel, Connally and Perry. In case of a vacancy in the office of governor, the lieutenant governor becomes governor. [ 11 ]
If Gov. Greg Abbott is angling for a cabinet post or a key job in the White House should Donald Trump's comeback bid succeed, the three-term Texas Republican is campaigning with the same public ...
Tarrant County’s pick for Texas governor was a bellwether for the rest of the state but not in the way Democrats had hoped. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott won his statewide bid, securing his third term ...
The governor of Texas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845. When compared to those of other states, the governorship of Texas has been described as one of relative weakness.
Incumbent Republican governor Greg Abbott won re-election to a second term in office [2] defeating Democratic nominee Lupe Valdez, the former sheriff of Dallas County, and Libertarian nominee Mark Tippetts, a former member of the Lago Vista city council.