Politics Alert: Former congressman Beto O’Rourke projected to win Democratic nomination for governor of Texas
| O' Rourke, who waged unsuccessful campaigns for Senate in 2018 and president in 2020, was projected by the Associated Press to win more than 50 percent of the vote, avoiding a runoff. He has targeted incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for failing to secure the state's electricity grid and for conservative positions on other issues. His Senate campaign had raised the specter of a Democratic surge in the state, but Republicans have since boosted their standing. |
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| | | | Politics Alert | March 1, 9:06 p.m. EST | | | | | O' Rourke, who waged unsuccessful campaigns for Senate in 2018 and president in 2020, was projected by the Associated Press to win more than 50 percent of the vote, avoiding a runoff. He has targeted incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for failing to secure the state's electricity grid and for conservative positions on other issues. His Senate campaign had raised the specter of a Democratic surge in the state, but Republicans have since boosted their standing. | | | | | |
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