A poll out this week shows Greg Abbott’s 15% lead has shrunk to 5% over Beto O’Rourke as more Texas voters say gun policies are a top priority. | via TexasTribune
Gov. Greg Abbott visits a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 29, five days after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at the school.
“The race tightens,” Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy said in a press release Wednesday. “Abbott, considered strong on leadership, slips. O’Rourke, considered long on empathy, rides the momentum of support from women and young Texans in the horse race to Austin.” Since the shooting, Abbott has called on multiple state agencies to improve school safety. He tasked the Texas School Safety Center with performing random safety audits of school buildings, called on the Legislature to convene committees to discuss legislative solutions, called for active-shooter training for school districts, and directed the Texas Education Agency to create a new school safety and security position.
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