If Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wins, Republicans continue their statewide dominance. If Democrat Beto O’Rourke pulls off a stunner and the Legislature remains...
An exodus of teaching talent from public schools. Property taxes that have risen $20 billion during Abbott’s term. A power grid that O’Rourke says “still does not work,” though the state hasn’t repeated the outage that occurred in 2021, when. “For whatever reason, he’s been unable to make any of these things better, and in fact has made things worse.”
But more recent surveys show the economy and border security are of primary concern to voters. Republicans also continue to effectively use the issue of crime against Democrats, with Abbott trying to link O’Rourke to“The economy is the hurricane of issues,” said Austin-based lobbyist and GOP consultant Bill Miller. “These other issues are smaller storms.”
“The governor is talking about things that he wants to accomplish, like the property tax reduction,” he said. “These are all things the voters agree with.”“It’s partly a contrast with the governor’s values. Texas values versus Beto’s values,” he said. “But it’s really securing Texas’ future, whether it’s securing the border, dealing with crime, dealing with the economic situation with jobs and inflation, and energy security.
“There is something happening in this state, in this country that’s absolutely unprecedented in terms of the stakes of these elections,” he said. “The number of new voters and people that we’ve never heard from before, who are participating, I guarantee you those polls are not picking up those voters.”
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