Greg Abbott, Beto O'Rourke look to score in primaries ahead of heavyweight battle for governor
While it all sounds a little over the top, both campaigns see the primary as a critical dress rehearsal for the battle that lies ahead. Over the last few weeks, both campaigns have mobilizedtheir get-out-the-vote machinery ahead of what has the potential to be the closest governor's race since Republican George W. Bush beat Gov. Ann Richards by 6 percentage points in 1994.
Meanwhile, O’Rourke has left no doubt that the failures of the energy grid will be a key point in his campaign to deny Abbott a third term in office. O’Rourke just completed a weeks-long run through the state that he called the Keeping the Lights On — blasting Abbott for allowing the electricity grid to fail, resulting in billions of dollars in economic damages, increased power bills and the deaths of at least 246 Texans.
But before the two can fully focus on one another, they both have to get through a primary that is already suffering from expected low turnout. Just 8 percent of the 17 million registered voters in Texas had voted through early voting or absentee balloting as of Thursday heading into Tuesday’s election.While both front-runners in the gubernatorial primary have vastly more money than their opponents, Abbott has the more competitive battle on his hands.
“When I’m your Republican governor, Texas will stop the illegal invasion at our border and I’m not asking permission from the federal government,” the 63-year-old Huffines says in television ads.to force the Mexican government to do more to slow down illegal immigration into the United States.
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