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The 2026 Texas gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott is running for re-election to an unprecedented fourth term. [1] If Abbott were to be successful and finish out a fourth full term, he would become the state's longest-serving governor ...
Beto O'Rourke, meanwhile, performed 8.3% worse than his 2018 Senate run, but he still won the highest share for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate since Ann Richards received 45.9% in her unsuccessful reelection bid against George W. Bush in 1994. Abbott's raw vote total was less than his 4.65 million in 2018, while O'Rourke set a record of ...
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.
The Sept. 30 debate will likely be the only time Greg Abbott and Beto O'Rourke will go one-on-one before the Nov. 8 election. The 2022 Texas governor's race debate: Here's what you need to know ...
Both parties' candidates received at least 20 percent of the total votes cast for governor in the 2006 election; thus, they must nominate their candidates via primary election. [85] Any third party that obtains ballot access must nominate its candidates via a statewide convention, which by law must be held on June 12, 2010 (the second Saturday ...
White received 1,697,870 votes (53.2 percent) to Clements' 1,465,537 (45.9 percent) in a year where Texas Democrats swept all the statewide offices up for grabs; led by U.S. senator Lloyd Bentsen (who won a third six-year term to the Senate) and the legendary Lieutenant Governor of Texas William P. Hobby Jr. [15]
Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Beto O'Rourke meet Friday for the first in-person debate in the Texas governor's race. Watch the debate live here.
Braun received the endorsement of former President Donald Trump in the primary for the governor’s race. He’s been in the U.S. Senate since 2019, which overlapped Trump’s time in office, the ...