Texas' incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott could be facing his closest Democratic challenger ever, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke — the one-time Democratic star who is risking his second straight election statewide loss in Texas.
, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the one-time Democratic star who is risking his second straight election statewide loss in Texas. Texans voting before Election Day, far fewer than the nearly 9 million who voted early in 2020, a presidential election year.
Abbott has opened up a double-digit lead in two recent polls, coming after months of what appeared to be a tightening race. Both O'Rourke and Abbott have raised huge sums of money, with over $100 million raised this year alone. O'Rourke spent the summer traveling the state as part of a"Drive for Texas," hitting 70 cities over around 50 days. After a brief hiccup at the end – hospitalization and a break from the road – he ended up crisscrossing the state and hitting Republican areas , swing areas , the diverse cities and the Democratic heart of Texas, Austin.
But as O'Rourke hit the road this summer to travel to 70 cities throughout the state, at many of his stops, he was greeted by protesters and hecklers. At his last stop of that trip in Lockhart, Texas, at the beginning of September, a group of protesters said they consider themselves the"three Musketeers" who protest O'Rourke.
Despite his continued strength in the state, Abbott has been preparing for O'Rourke, filling a war chest of $55 million in June 2021, six months before O'Rourke even announced he would be running.
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