The outcome sets up what could be the toughest election of Abbott's political career. TexasPrimary GregAbbott BetoORourke texaspolitics 2022Elections Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O'Rourke easily took the nominations of their individual parties. won his Republican primary outright, capping a year during which he faced vocal challengers from his right.
Polling long gave Abbott a wide lead over his challengers, though the primary continued to attract attention because it seemed at times that Abbott was governing. For example, in October, Abbott issued a ban on all COVID-19 vaccine mandates, including by private businesses, even though his office had previously said they should be able to decide on their own.
Allen West, coming off a short tenure as Texas GOP chair that was fraught with questions about his political ambitions, was better known than Huffines and ran less of an explicitly anti-Abbott campaign. He still worked to position himself to the right of Abbott when it came to issues like pandemic management andsomeone named Rick Perry
It does not appear many voters were fooled, however. Perry was receiving about 3% of the vote early Tuesday night.
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