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The 2022 Texas gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott won re-election to a third term, defeating the Democratic nominee, former Congressman Beto O'Rourke. [1] All statewide elected offices are currently held by Republicans.
The 2026 Texas gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott is running for re-election to an unprecedented fourth term. [ 1 ]
The governor of Texas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845. When compared to those of other states, the governorship of Texas has been described as one of relative weakness.
Runoff elections took place on May 28, 2024. [1] Seats up for election were all seats of the Texas Legislature, [2] all 38 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and the Class I seat to the United States Senate, for which two-term incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz ran for and won re-election. [3]
By the 2022 gubernatorial election, Abbott’s margin of victory was cut to about 11 percentage points. 234 of Texas’ 254 counties swung toward Trump in 2024 election The margin in presidential ...
Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas (2015–present) [30] Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas (2015–present) and former state senator from the 7th district (2007–2015) [31] State legislators. Paul Bettencourt, state senator from the 7th district (2015–present) and Senate Majority Leader (2016–present) [32]
Soon after polls close at 7 p.m. on Election Day, election officials begin to post early voting totals that will give Texans their first glimpse of results.But knowing the actual outcome of the ...
All gubernatorial elections have been a part of the midterm elections since the 1974 election, invalidating the latter. The governor is sworn in on the third Tuesday of January every four years along with the lieutenant governor , so Abbott and current lieutenant governor Dan Patrick both took office on January 20, 2015.