A new poll from the UT/Texas Politics Project has Abbott in the driver seat. His lead over Democrat rival Beto O’Rourke is now at 11 points, 54% to 43%.
"We are always mindful that these are estimates not measurements of what is actually happening, but we are pretty confident this is a pretty good estimate of where this race was between Oct. 7-17," said Jim Henson who leads the Texas Politics Project
Henson noted how the current political snapshot differs from the close race some Democrats were claiming just last week. And what some were predicting a few months ago.Travis County Democratic Chair Katie Naranjo and Political Consultant Ashley Brasher join FOX 7 Austin's Rebecca Thomas to discuss Texas abortion law.
"And that’s going to be your Republican base here in Texas much more so than your casual Democratic voter," said Brian Smith with St Edwards University.
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