2022 United States gubernatorial elections text-align: center; } The primary was scheduled for March 1, 2022, and a primary runoff was scheduled for May 24, 2022. } position: relative; .census-table-container { } overflow-y: hidden; Biography: Abbott received a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981 and a law degree from Vanderbilt University in 1984. margin-right: 10px; Who do you look up to? } The conservative talk show host announced in July 2020 that he was running for governor amid the state shutting down due to the pandemic. .votebox-results-metadata-p { padding-bottom: 8px; Mayor: HISD has two optionsclose school or be taken over, Meet the Astros prospect tearing up Spring Training, Report: Houston ranked No. There were no incumbents in this race. Survey responses from candidates in this race. .results_row td { by Mara Mndez and Yuriko Schumacher Sept. 8, 2022. What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade? Don Huffines' campaign website, "Home," accessed Jan. 25, 2022, Boxcast, "Grassroots America Candidate Forum," Jan. 21, 2022;Don Huffines' campaign website, "About," accessed Jan. 25, 2021, Submitted Biography: "Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Allen B. font-style: italic; letter-spacing: .04em; .multi-survey-header p { GreenDelilah Barrios. .percentage_number { height: 56px; } I would joyfully pay to welcome & assist migrants, instead my money is used to treat them like they are garbage or vermin released on Abbott's empathic political adversaries. .results_row.winner { The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Texas State Legislature as of November 2022. If you are aware of other links that should be included, please email us. margin-top: 5px; O'Rourke outperformed Joe Biden two years prior among Latino voters though his performance with them was still worse than past nominees. .race_header, .results_text, .results_table_container, .votebox_legend { Curtailing Foreign Influence The Dallas native says he wants to finish the wall along the country's southern border and eliminate property taxes. Depending on the structure and who the speaker and Lt Governor is drives how that relationship can work. ", Huffines said he never accepted a paycheck or pension from the state government, saying, "I'm not looking for a new job or new career. Source. background: #4c4c4c; function widget_load_check_dom(){ .race_footer { Abbott won by about 10.9 points, a margin slightly larger than aggregate polling, but virtually in line with the last poll conducted. .census-table-race-disclaimer { O'Rourke won African Americans (81%-18%), Latinos (56%-42%); African American men (76%-24%); African American women (85%-13%) and Latina women (61%-37%). margin-bottom:16px; } font-size: 2em; Abbott was first elected governor in 2014 and was re-elected in 2018. } } This race was featured in The Heart of the Primaries, a newsletter capturing stories related to conflicts within each major party. .votebox-results-cell--check { .census-table-widget { Texas voted Republican in all six presidential elections between 2000 and 2020. .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { } color: white; } font-weight: 200; .results_row td:first-child { The only county O'Rourke flipped was suburban Fort Bend outside Houston, which voted for Abbott by 0.2% in 2018, but voted for O'Rourke by 4.68% in this election. width: 100%; background-color: #003388; Insuring that spending by government is not bloated. width: 100%; .question-scroll-container { Michael Cooper, president of the Beaumont NAACP, announced his bid for governor in February. max-width: 75px; I support a voucher or tax credit system so even low-income families can afford to send their children to private schools or home school. border-radius: 0 0 7px 7px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: center !important; } . "Someone else" with 4%; Tippetts (L) with 2%; Barrios (G) with 1%, "Someone else" with 2%; Tippetts (L) with 2%; Barrios (G) with 1%, Tippetts (L) with 1%; Barrios (G) with <1%, Tippetts (L) with 2%; Barrios (G) with 1%, "Another candidate" with 1%; "Not going to vote" with 1%, "Someone else" with 2%; Tippetts and Barrios with 1%, "Someone else" with 1%; "Refused" with 1%, Tippetts (L) with 2%; "Someone else" with 2%, "Someone else" with 6%; Barrios and Tippets with 3%, "Someone else" with 7%; Barrios and Tippetts with 3%, "Someone else" with 4%; Tippetts with 3%; Barrios with 2%, "Someone else" with 3%; Tippetts with 2%; Barrios with 1%, "Someone else" with 8%; Barrios and Tippetts with 3%, Subsample of likely general election voters from a survey of 1,400 registered voters (overall margin of error 2.2% including design effect. We cannot allow this. } Election Integrity The last Property Taxes Federal and state primary competitiveness, Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022, Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey, Texas gubernatorial election, 2022 (March 1 Democratic primary), National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund. complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. align-items:center; margin-right: 12px; } padding-left: 20px !important; A new poll shows Republican Gov. border: 1px solid #999; } function widget_load_check_jquery() { If that is true in your state, what would be your philosophy for how and when to use this power? padding-bottom: 0px; .results_row { How to vote | .electionsectionheading { Six potential challengers to Gov. Greg Abbott }. padding-right: 62px; Lupe Valdez defeated Andrew White in the Democratic primary runoff for Governor of Texas on May 22, 2018. .race_header, .results_text, .results_table_container, .votebox_legend { --highlights-background: #d3d4d5; Click on a candidate's name to visit their Ballotpedia page. @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) { --title-background: #334aab; There are certain areas where I will not compromise and I do not suggest compromise as a solution to polarization. width: 50px; Greg Abbott holds 6-point lead over Beto ORourke, bigger edge in } width: 100%; I see much common ground. Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters? Whose example would you like to follow, and why? Under what circumstances should the governor of your state be able to use emergency powers? Biography: Huffines received a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981. Governors have many responsibilities, which vary from state to state. Ariana Garcia joined Chron in 2021. } In Texas, voters will elect officials for seven statewide seats governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, land commissioner, agriculture commissioner, padding-bottom: 0px; Apply today! background-color: #f4f4f4; What was your very first job? It means that I am the top servant of the people and guardian of their rights. .votebox { .panel-body p { Only the cost of education meant that working our way through was impossible and debt inevitable. .votebox_bp_logo { line-height: 1.5em; } Booker T. Washingtons autobiography Up from Slavery. Texas Governor Greg Abbott exits stage after speaking at the Houston Region Business Coalition's monthly meeting on October 27, 2021 in Houston, Texas. } } Photo courtesy of the Office of the Governor. .votebox-results-metadata-p { He worked as an attorney at Butler and Binion LLP from 1984 to 1992. margin: 8px auto; "I am an independent Conservative and small business owner living in North Texas, originally from the community of Humble, Texas. [5] Huffines said Abbott was not conservative enough and that "Texans deserve a real leader who delivers actual results rather than lies," adding that he would "finish the wall, secure our elections, and ban vaccine mandates. } font-size: 1.25em; Photo courtesy of the Office of the Governor. vertical-align: top; color: #888; .answer-photo-container { } .votebox-results-cell--number { | Click [show] on the table below for examples: Following the 2020 presidential election, 45.5% of Texans lived in one of the state's 18 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 40.1% lived in one of 223 Solid Republican counties. Texas governors do have line-item veto, hopefully in working with the legislature on the budget, it would not be too necessary. .votebox_legend { border-bottom: 1px solid grey; } }, 100); } overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center; } border: 1px solid black !important; Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. Given a list of 14 names of Republicans who either have said they are running for president in 2024 or are seen as potential candidates in a Republican primary, former .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { How to vote | .outer_percentage { font-style: italic; AUSTIN Freshly announced gubernatorial hopeful Beto ORourke is running six percentage points behind Gov. [22] Candidates whose interviews have been released are shown below: On Jan. 26, 2022, Huffines, Prather, and West participated in a candidate forum hosted by the South Texas Alliance of Republicans. Incumbents are bolded and underlined. margin-top: 0; .votebox { } } (AP File Photo) Eric Gay/STF. margin-bottom: 25px; --progress-bar: #f0a236; .inner_percentage.Democratic { Are insane ticket costs pricing Astros fans out of Opening Day? } Click here to watch a recording of the event, Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 12 (March 3, 2022), Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 10 (February 17, 2022), Frmr. Issues that were of utmost importance to voters, according to the polls, include immigration and border control, abortion and the state economy. Texas is one of 36 states electing their top executive officials during the 2022 midterm elections. Before the election, there were 28 Republican governors and 22 Democratic governors. margin-bottom: .75em; .votebox-covid-disclaimer { However, in our state the legislature only meets once every two years and when the legislature is out of session the Governor has nearly complete authority to act on their own unsupervised. background-color: grey; background-color: #D9D9D9; } Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error. } Greg Abbott leads Beto O'Rourke by 5 points, UH poll finds", "Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey has a double-digit lead over Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022 GOP primary", "South Texas Mayor Endorses Huffines for Governor, Says Border Crisis 'Far Worse Than Many People Realize', "Grassroots Leader Julie McCarty Endorses Huffines for Governor", "Gubernatorial candidate Don Huffines speaks! At the time of the primary, no incumbent governor in Texas had lost his or her party's nomination since 1978, when Gov. Probably Abbott's most vocal primary challenger, former state Sen. Don Huffines, 63, has frequently criticized Abbott in recent years for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and on border security. I look up to innovators and dreamers. padding-left: 8px; TEXAS. What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office? } vertical-align: middle; Over the next decade, our state's greatest challenge is combatting federal overreach. position: relative; display: block; The data is gathered and made available by Transparency USA. left: 0px; } }, 100); padding-left: 0; Illegal immigration is a multi-headed hydra that undermines our national security, endangers our local communities, threatens our educational and healthcare systems, and supports the cartels . var nTimer = setInterval(function() { chevron.addClass('fa-chevron-up'); background-color: #db0000; | .results_row td { That means the sovereignty of the state is critical and the first and foremost important aspect is to the citizens and their financial well being to pursue happiness and their private property rights. color: #0645ad; letter-spacing: .03em; height: 50px; letter-spacing: 0.03em; color: #6db24f; OXON HILL, Md. font-weight: normal !important; WebThe following is a list of candidates running for office in the 2022 Texas Gubernatorial election. Comptroller background-color: #6db24f; background-color: #ccc; What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder? height: 22px; [3] 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.