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Republican primary popular vote totals9/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Henry Cuellar, considered a political institution in Laredo, is facing off in a rematch against 28-year-old progressive immigration attorney Jessica Cisneros.ĬNN is monitoring race results as they come in.ĬNN's Rachel Janfaza, Ethan Cohen and Melissa DePalo contributed reporting to this post. 28th congressional district: Down in South Texas, Rep.Jeb Bush's son, and Eva Guzman, the former state Supreme Court justice and only woman running on the Republican side. Bush, the current Texas Land Commissioner as well as former President George W. Attorney general: The race for attorney general comes as incumbent Ken Paxton, who is being challenged by three other conservative candidates, Rep.Buoyed by name recognition and the backing of former President Trump, Abbott has spent most of his primary campaign focused on Beto O'Rourke, the former Democratic House member - and Senate and presidential candidate - who is favored to win the Democratic nomination. Greg Abbott, who's vying for a third-term as Texas' top executive. Governor: At the top of the ticket, seven Republican challengers are looking to oust incumbent Gov. ![]() Greg Abbott – who was projected by CNN to win his party’s primary on Tuesday night – spent most of his primary campaign attacking O’Rourke, using the Democratic politician’s left-leaning policy proposals as campaign fodder.Ībbott's campaign has accused O'Rourke of flip-flopping and backtracking on comments he made about the southern border, guns and the Green New Deal while running for president in 2020.Ī poll of registered Texas voters conducted in late January and early February by the University of Texas/Texas Politics Project found Abbott leading O'Rourke by 10 percentage points in a likely match-up, 47% to 37%.Īnd even though O'Rourke has largely kept pace in fundraising since entering the race in November, Abbott, a two-term governor, currently has a massive financial advantage, with about $50 million in the bank to O'Rourke's $6.8 million as of Feb. Yet, Republicans argue that many of the positions he took during that run, including advocating for mandatory assault weapon buybacks, will hurt him in Texas.Īnticipating the likely match up, Texas Gov. In between his campaigns, he has remained active, campaigning for state legislative candidates and activating his volunteers when the state's power grid failed last winter. Still, O'Rourke remains popular among Democrats on his home turf - building a following in Texas much larger than any other Democrat in a generation. But his failed 2020 Democratic presidential primary run left his national brand badly dented in the eyes of many within the party. O'Rourke shot to stardom with a near-miss Senate campaign in 2018 against GOP Sen. In doing so, he defeated candidates Inocencio Barrientez, Michael Cooper, Joy Diaz and Rich Wakeland to secure the Democratic nomination. ![]() O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman who ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate in 2018 and the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, was heavily favored to come out on top Tuesday. Beto O’Rourke will win the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Texas, CNN projects. ![]()
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