HOUSTON — Tuesday, March 1, 2022 is Texas Primary Election Day and we have real-time results here. Below are results from Texas-wide races on the ballot, as voters decide on candidates to advance to the November General Elections.
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There are a lot of races on the Texas ballot, but it's the gubernatorial race is at the top of everyone's mind, writes KVUE-TV.
Incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Beto O’Rourke led the race early on, according to a University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll.
On the Republican ballot, Abbott is facing Paul Belew, Danny Harrison, Kandy Kaye Horn, Don Huffines, Rick Perry (not the former Texas governor), Chad Prather and Allen West.
On the Democratic ballot, O'Rourke is facing Inocencio "Inno" Barrientez, Michael Cooper, Joy Diaz and Rich Wakeland.
Abbott was elected as the 48th governor of Texas in 2014 and assumed office in 2015. Prior to that, he was the 50th and longest-serving Texas Attorney General, a position he held from 2002 until 2015. He also previously served as a justice on the Texas Supreme Court for several years and as a state district judge in Harris County. He is a native Texan who was born in Wichita Falls and raised in Duncanville. After graduating from The University of Texas at Austin, Abbott earned a law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School.
A University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll released on Feb. 14 showed Abbott and O’Rourke avoiding primary runoffs and facing each other in November. The poll also found Abbott leading O'Rourke by 10 percentage points among verified primary voters. Additionally, according to the poll, independents favor Abbott over O'Rourke nearly 2 to 1.
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