Allen West, former chair of the Texas Republican Party and former U.S.Chad Prather, BlazeTV talk show host, activist, and stand-up comedian.Ricky Lynn Perry, staffing agency employee.Don Huffines, former member of the Texas Senate.On March 1, 2022, Abbott won the Republican primary by a smaller margin than in 2018.
Both West and fellow gubernatorial candidate Don Huffines were considered more conservative than Abbott. On July 4, 2021, West announced that he would challenge Abbott in the 2022 gubernatorial primary. The history of conflict between West and Abbott included a lawsuit by West and other Republicans challenging Abbott's extension of the early voting period in 2020, as well as a protest outside the Governor's Mansion over pandemic-related shutdowns as well as mask mandates. Greg Abbott's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas. On June 4, 2021, Texas Republican Party chairman Allen West announced his resignation as party chair. O'Rourke outperformed Joe Biden two years prior among Latino voters, though his performance with them was still worse than past nominees. Abbott's raw vote total was less than his 4.65 million in 2018, while O'Rourke set a record of most raw votes for a Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate at around 3.55 million, but it was also less than his 4.04 million vote total in the 2018 Senate race.Ībbott carried 235 out of 254 counties in his re-election victory, flipping the heavily Hispanic counties of Culberson and Zapata and becoming the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to win the latter in the state's history (though Zapata had earlier voted Republican in the 2020 presidential election), while O'Rourke became the first Democratic gubernatorial candidate to win the county of Fort Bend since 1974. Beto O'Rourke, meanwhile, performed 8.3% worse than his 2018 Senate run, but he still won the highest share for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate since Ann Richards received 45.9% in her unsuccessful reelection bid against George W. Beto O'Rourke, who gained national attention in 2018 for his unusually close and competitive campaign against Senator Ted Cruz, was widely viewed as a rising star in the Texas Democratic Party and potential challenger for Abbott, but a failed run for President of the United States in 2020 prompted criticisms of opportunism, via Republican attempts to brand him as anti-law enforcement and his former comments on guns.Ībbott won re-election by 10.9%, which is a slightly smaller margin of victory than his 13.3% margin in 2018 in spite of a much more Republican national climate in 2022, making this the closest gubernatorial election in Texas since 2006, and the closest election of Abbott's entire political career since his first race for the Texas Supreme Court in 1998. Additionally, Abbott had a strong approval rating on election day, with 55% of voters approving to 45% disapproving. Texas has not elected a Democratic candidate for governor since Ann Richards in 1990. O'Rourke and Abbott won outright majorities in their respective primaries, and therefore did not participate in the May 24 runoffs. The Democratic and Republican primaries were held on March 1, 2022. In his previous gubernatorial race in 2018, Abbott won with 55.8% of the vote. All statewide elected offices are currently held by Republicans. Incumbent Republican governor Greg Abbott won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee and former Congressman, Beto O'Rourke. The 2022 Texas gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Texas.
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