Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke is closing in on Gov. Greg Abbott with less than two months before Texans head to the polls, according to the latest statewide survey from the Texas Politics project at UT Austin.
Abbott still holds a five-point lead over O'Rourke — 45%-40% — but the governor held a six-point lead in theEven a five-point loss for Democrats would be the closest the party has come to defeating Republicans in the governor's race in nearly 28 years.
The survey of 1,200 registered voters, conducted from Aug. 26 to Sept. 6, included 8% who were undecided and 3% who preferred an unspecified "someone else." Plus, Green Party candidate Delilah Barrios and the Libertarian Party's Mark Tippets each earned 2%, per the poll.The state's abortion ban and Abbott's "seemingly evasive response" to the Uvalde shooting have "provided O'Rourke with a chance to mobilize previously dispirited Democratic voters," said James Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project and co-director of the poll.
"But the governor's sustained provocations on immigration and border security , coupled with his effectively unlimited campaign resources, are likely enabling him to mount an effective counter-mobilization of Republican and other conservative voters," Henson told Axios.In other closely watched statewide races, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick leads Democratic challenger Mike Collier by seven points and Attorney General Ken Paxton leads Rochelle Garza by a similar margin.
"While nearly three-quarters of Texas Democrats believe that the choice of weapon played a major role in the severity of the shootings, less than a quarter of Republicans said the same — and almost a third said that the choice of weapon had no impact," Blank said.Only 22% of Texans say the state's elected officials have done "enough" to prevent mass shootings in the state, while a majority — 57% — say they've done "too little.
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