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This was the most by any Texas Republican gubernatorial candidate, and the most for any candidate since Democrat Allan Shivers' 1954 re-election. [ 210 ] Abbott won the three largest metro areas in the state, which include Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington in North Texas , Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land in Southeast Texas , and San Antonio ...
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 ]
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 ]
Nelson will speak, perform and join the gubernatorial candidate on stage. In 2018, O'Rourke joined Nelson and several other Texas musicians for a rally and concert at Auditorium Shores in Austin
KXAN looked at results in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential elections and 2018 and 2022 gubernatorial elections to determine the average shift in each county between each election cycle.
Texas gubernatorial elections, as well as other state office races, are held every four years on the nationwide Election Day, which is the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. They are held on years that are even-numbered, but not multiples of four, also known as a midterm , so they do not coincide with the presidential elections.
Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke swung through the South Plains and Panhandle as part of his Drive for Texas campaign tour.
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.