Abbott was spending election night Tuesday in the southern border city of McAllen, underscoring the GOP’s rising confidence in a region that has long been a stronghold for Democrats. O’Rourke on Tuesday embarked on one last campaign blitz through Dallas, San Antonio and Houston before heading home to wait for election returns in his hometown of El Paso. to northern Democratic states, with nearly 6 in 10 favoring the move.Ī victory by Abbott would strengthen his position as a potential presidential contender in 2024, secure his place as the second-longest serving governor in the state’s history and extend decades of GOP dominance. Voters slightly favor Abbott’s decision to send migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. But about 8 in 10 say legal abortion should be allowed if a pregnancy is a result of rape or incest. Roughly equal proportions either favor a law guaranteeing access to legal abortion nationwide or oppose it. Voters are sharply divided over abortion. Only about two-thirds say they are confident they can keep up with their expenses. More than 4 in 10 Texas voters rank the economy and jobs as the most important issue facing the country, according to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of more than 3,200 voters. He has rallied his base around a record number of illegal border crossings from Mexico to the U.S., aggressively courted Hispanic voters in South Texas, and seized on economic anxieties and recession fears that have created headwinds for Democrats nationally. O’Rourke also has sought to animate voters over Abbott signing an abortion ban that makes no exceptions for rape or incest.īut Abbott, 64, has remained formidable in a state where Republicans have won every governor’s race since 1994. history, crystalized the stakes of the election as Abbott waved off calls for tougher gun laws. O’Rourke said the shooting, one of the deadliest classroom attacks in U.S. More than 5 million early votes had been cast ahead of Election Day in Texas, where anger over the Uvalde school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead in May intensified an already heated contest in which both candidates’ campaigns combined spent more than $200 million.įive months later, state police still face pressure for failing to confront the gunman sooner at Robb Elementary School. Greg Abbott sought a record-tying third term Tuesday while Democrat Beto O’Rourke reached for an upset in America’s biggest red state in one of the most expensive midterm races in the U.S.
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