Greg Abbott Defeats Beto O'Rourke to Win 3rd Term as Governor of Texas
following the Uvalde school massacre and a strict new abortion ban.
Greg Abbott speaks after beating Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke to win another term as Texas governor. He will remain buffeted by a solid GOP majority in the Legislature following a victory that aggressively courted Hispanic voters in South Texas and seized on economic anxieties and recession fears. More than 4 in 10 Texas voters rank the economy as the most important issue facing the country, according to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of almost 3,400 voters.Republican Texas Gov.
NBC 5's Vince Sims reports from El Paso where the Beto O'Rourke election night watch party reacted to the latest results which showed Greg Abbott leading by a wide margin. O’Rourke’s campaign was a long shot from the start in Texas, which hasn’t elected a Democrat governor since 1990. Yet he had no trouble exciting donors or drawing big crowds that rekindled the enthusiasm of his breakout Senate campaign.
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